Change tabsize in git-gui

gitgit-gui

I was wondering if it's possible to change the tabsize in git-gui from 8 characters to 4. The only thing I found was core.whitespace = tabsize=4 but that only affects diff.

The reason why I'm asking is because I'm slowly phasing out the usage of tabs and instead use 4-space indentation. This however can give confusing results when watching the diff in git-gui, as tabsize is around 8 characters.

I know a simple :retab in Vim solves my problem, but quite frequently I've got to work on big files with a long-term history which may have modifications in separate branches. So I can't always simply convert all tabs.

Best Answer

As of git-gui-0.20 and git 2.4.0 (commit) a configuration parameter exists which has been added to configure the displayed tabsize in git gui.

Add this to your ~/.gitconfig

[gui]
    tabsize = 4

or change it via the configuration menu of git-gui (Edit -> Options...)

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