Git Column Command

git-column(1) ============= NAME ---- git-column - Display data in columns SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] 'git column' [--command=<name>] [--[raw-]mode=<mode>] [--width=<width>] [--indent=<string>] [--nl=<string>] [--padding=<n>] DESCRIPTION ----------- This command formats the lines of its standard input into a table with multiple columns. Each input line occupies one cell of the table. It is used internally by other git commands to format output into columns. OPTIONS ------- --command=<name>:: Look up layout mode using configuration variable column.<name> and column.ui. --mode=<mode>:: Specify layout mode. See configuration variable column.ui for option syntax in linkgit:git-config[1]. --raw-mode=<n>:: Same as --mode but take mode encoded as a number. This is mainly used by other commands that have already parsed layout mode. --width=<width>:: Specify the terminal width. By default 'git column' will detect the terminal width, or fall back to 80 if it is unable to do so. --indent=<string>:: String to be printed at the beginning of each line. --nl=<string>:: String to be printed at the end of each line, including newline character. --padding=<N>:: The number of spaces between columns. One space by default. EXAMPLES -------- Format data by columns: ------------ $ seq 1 24 | git column --mode=column --padding=5 1 4 7 10 13 16 19 22 2 5 8 11 14 17 20 23 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 ------------ Format data by rows: ------------ $ seq 1 21 | git column --mode=row --padding=5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ------------ List some tags in a table with unequal column widths: ------------ $ git tag --list 'v2.4.*' --column=row,dense v2.4.0 v2.4.0-rc0 v2.4.0-rc1 v2.4.0-rc2 v2.4.0-rc3 v2.4.1 v2.4.10 v2.4.11 v2.4.12 v2.4.2 v2.4.3 v2.4.4 v2.4.5 v2.4.6 v2.4.7 v2.4.8 v2.4.9 ------------ CONFIGURATION ------------- include::includes/cmd-config-section-all.adoc[] include::config/column.adoc[] GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite

The git column command is used to format data into columns, with options for customizing layout, width, and padding, and is used internally by other git commands to format output into columns. It supports various modes, including column and row, and can be configured using command-line options or configuration variables. The command can also be used to format data with unequal column widths and can be customized to print specific strings at the beginning and end of each line.