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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> The "right" fix is to queue up the list of ref updates to print, find
> the abbreviations for each, and then print them all in one shot, knowing
> ahead of time the size necessary to align them. This could also let us
> improve the name-alignment.

Heh, that was what I was starting to code while listening to
Jonathan and Stefan talk in a meeting ;-)