Re: [GSoC Patch 0/2] add unicode support to git repo structure

Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.git
Message-ID <[email protected]>
K Jayatheerth <[email protected]> writes:

> Currently, `git repo structure` always renders its table output using plain
> ASCII characters (`|`, `-`, `*`), regardless of the user's locale. This
> series introduces Unicode box-drawing characters (`│`, `├`, `─`, `┼`, `┤`)
> and bullet points (`•`) when a UTF-8 locale is detected, providing a cleaner
> and more visually distinct hierarchical output on modern terminals while
> gracefully falling back to the existing ASCII formatting otherwise.

Generally speaking, Unicode box-drawing characters do not work as
ASCII art components as well as they should, because terminals often
do not agree on how wide they should be rendered.

So I am not very enthusiastic about this change.
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