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NAME top

   git-column - Display data in columns

SYNOPSIS top

   _git column_ [--command=<name>] [--[raw-]mode=<mode>] [--width=<width>]
                [--indent=<string>] [--nl=<string>] [--padding=<n>]

DESCRIPTION top

   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 top

   --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 [git-config(1)](../man1/git-config.1.html).

   --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 top

   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 top

   Everything below this line in this section is selectively included
   from the [git-config(1)](../man1/git-config.1.html) documentation. The content is the same as
   what’s found there:

   column.ui
       Specify whether supported commands should output in columns.
       This variable consists of a list of tokens separated by spaces
       or commas:

       These options control when the feature should be enabled
       (defaults to _never_):

       **always**
           always show in columns

       **never**
           never show in columns

       **auto**
           show in columns if the output is to the terminal

       These options control layout (defaults to _column_). Setting any
       of these implies _always_ if none of _always_, _never_, or _auto_ are
       specified.

       **column**
           fill columns before rows

       **row**
           fill rows before columns

       **plain**
           show in one column

       Finally, these options can be combined with a layout option
       (defaults to _nodense_):

       **dense**
           make unequal size columns to utilize more space

       **nodense**
           make equal size columns

   column.branch
       Specify whether to output branch listing in **git branch** in
       columns. See **column.ui** for details.

   column.clean
       Specify the layout when listing items in **git clean -i**, which
       always shows files and directories in columns. See **column.ui**
       for details.

   column.status
       Specify whether to output untracked files in **git status** in
       columns. See **column.ui** for details.

   column.tag
       Specify whether to output tag listings in **git tag** in columns.
       See **column.ui** for details.

GIT top

   Part of the [git(1)](../man1/git.1.html) suite

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