Re: [GSoC Patch 0/2] add unicode support to git repo structure
Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.git |
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| 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.