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Jayatheerth's message of "Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:23:43 +0530") References: <20260821135410.429698-1-jayatheerthkulkarni2005@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:59:17 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit K Jayatheerth 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.