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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,  jltobler@gmail.com,  lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [GSoC Patch 0/2] add unicode support to git repo structure
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:59:17 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqse47pfyy.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260821135410.429698-1-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com> (K. Jayatheerth's message of "Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:23:43 +0530")

K Jayatheerth <jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com> 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.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-21 16:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-21 13:53 [GSoC Patch 0/2] add unicode support to git repo structure K Jayatheerth
2026-08-21 13:53 ` [GSoC Patch 1/2] gettext: fall back to env-derived charset when unset K Jayatheerth
2026-08-21 13:53 ` [GSoC Patch 2/2] repo: add Unicode support for `repo structure` output K Jayatheerth
2026-08-21 16:59 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-08-23 13:19   ` [GSoC Patch 0/2] add unicode support to git repo structure Oswald Buddenhagen
2026-08-23 15:01     ` Junio C Hamano

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