On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 12:30 PM Timothy Madden <terminatorul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > For git diff and git show commands, terminal output appears with wrong > tab stops (missaligned). > > Because diff operation inserts a new column at character position 1, for > the +, - and space characters, the diff content appears shifted to the > right by 1 column. But not the tab stop positions. So relative to the > text, the tab stops now appear off-by-one (shifted to the left). I think "fixing" this would require modifying the diff output so it would no longer be correct. If we accept that a switch can make a incorrect diff for display only, though, it seems something could be done here. I think the only approach that can fix the alignment, however, is to remove the +/- prefix markers altogether. We do this now with the `--color-words` switch. This kind of solution only works if there is some way to indicate added/removed lines other than the line-prefix marker; ANSI color codes, for example. Would that work for your needs, or were you thinking of something else?
