Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add "ls", which is basically ls-files with user-friendly settings

[Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>]

On 1/8/10, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/8/10, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>  > I think the code for columnar output used in producing "git help -a"
>  >  output should be reusable (if not, should be made reusable and reused
>  >  here).
>
>
> I saw that and even exported term_columns() but was too lazy to make
>  pretty_print_string_list() something reusable. Will think of it again
>  when I see this command is worth pushing forward.

I think again. There are a few places that may benefit from column
display: git tag -l, git grep -l, git branch (if you have lots of
branches) and probably untracked part of "git status". Moreover, I
have to implement it anyway because Solaris does not have command
"column". How about an external "git-column"? This way we don't have
to modify lots of code for columnized output. We may want to name it
"git-pager" if we want an internal pager someday ;)
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Duy