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Subject: Re: [PATCH] gitk: Display commit messages with word wrap
Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 16:30:50 -0700
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Sergey Vlasov <vsu@altlinux.ru> writes:

> Some people put very long strings into commit messages, which then
> become invisible in gitk (word wrapping in the commit details window is
> turned off, and there is no horizontal scroll bar).  Enabling word wrap
> for just the commit message looks much better.

I do not mind it myself but IIRC gitk's "no wrapping" was made
because people found wrapping annoying; maybe a runtime
configuration option?