Frederick Eaton <frederik@xxxxxxx> writes: > When I read this man page I couldn't figure out what kind of input it > was referring to, or how input was being put into columns, or where I > should look for the syntax of the --mode option. > > Signed-off-by: Frederick Eaton <frederik@xxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/git-column.txt | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) I'll defer this to its primary author. > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-column.txt b/Documentation/git-column.txt > index 03d18465d..5bbb51068 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-column.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-column.txt > @@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ SYNOPSIS > > DESCRIPTION > ----------- > -This command formats its input into multiple columns. > +This command formats the lines of its standard input into a table with > +multiple columns. Each input line occupies one cell of the table. It > +is used internally by other git commands to format output into > +columns. > > OPTIONS > ------- > @@ -23,7 +26,7 @@ OPTIONS > > --mode=<mode>:: > Specify layout mode. See configuration variable column.ui for option > - syntax. > + syntax (in git-config(1)). > > --raw-mode=<n>:: > Same as --mode but take mode encoded as a number. This is mainly used > @@ -43,6 +46,34 @@ OPTIONS > --padding=<N>:: > The number of spaces between columns. One space by default. > > +EXAMPLES > +------ > + > +Format data by columns: > +------------ > +$ seq 1 24 | git column --mode=column --padding=5 > +1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 > +2 5 8 11 14 17 20 23 > +3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 > +------------ > + > +Format data by rows: > +------------ > +$ seq 1 21 | git column --mode=row --padding=5 > +1 2 3 4 5 6 7 > +8 9 10 11 12 13 14 > +15 16 17 18 19 20 21 > +------------ > + > +List some tags in a table with unequal column widths: > +------------ > +$ git tag --list 'v2.4.*' --column=row,dense > +v2.4.0 v2.4.0-rc0 v2.4.0-rc1 v2.4.0-rc2 v2.4.0-rc3 > +v2.4.1 v2.4.10 v2.4.11 v2.4.12 v2.4.2 > +v2.4.3 v2.4.4 v2.4.5 v2.4.6 v2.4.7 > +v2.4.8 v2.4.9 > +------------ > + > GIT > --- > Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
