diff --stat: use a maximum of 5/8 for the filename part

The way that available columns are divided between the filename part
and the graph part is modified to use as many columns as necessary for
the filenames and the rest for the graph.

If there isn't enough columns to print both the filename and the
graph, at least 5/8 of available space is devoted to filenames. On a
standard 80 column terminal, or if not connected to a terminal and
using the default of 80 columns, this gives the same partition as
before.

The effect of this change is visible in the patch to the test vector
in t4052; with a small change with long filename, it stops truncating
the name part too short, and also allocates a bit more columns to the
graph for larger changes.

Signed-off-by: Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/diff-options.txt

@@ -53,13 +53,15 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 	Generate a diff using the "patience diff" algorithm.
 
 --stat[=<width>[,<name-width>[,<count>]]]::
-	Generate a diffstat.  You can override the default
+	Generate a diffstat. By default, as much space as necessary
-	output width for 80-column terminal by `--stat=<width>`.
+	will be used for the filename part, and the rest for
-	The width of the filename part can be controlled by
+	the graph part. Maximum width defaults to terminal width,
-	giving another width to it separated by a comma.
+	or 80 columns if not connected to a terminal, and can be
+	overriden by `<width>`. The width of the filename part can be
+	limited by giving another width `<name-width>` after a comma.
 	By giving a third parameter `<count>`, you can limit the
-	output to the first `<count>` lines, followed by
+	output to the first `<count>` lines, followed by `...` if
-	`...` if there are more.
+	there are more.
 +
 These parameters can also be set individually with `--stat-width=<width>`,
 `--stat-name-width=<name-width>` and `--stat-count=<count>`.

diff.c

@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 	int i, len, add, del, adds = 0, dels = 0;
 	uintmax_t max_change = 0, max_len = 0;
 	int total_files = data->nr;
-	int width, name_width, count;
+	int width, name_width, graph_width, number_width = 4, count;
 	const char *reset, *add_c, *del_c;
 	const char *line_prefix = "";
 	int extra_shown = 0;
@@ -1343,28 +1343,15 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 		line_prefix = msg->buf;
 	}
 
-	if (options->stat_width == -1)
-		width = term_columns();
-	else
-		width = options->stat_width ? options->stat_width : 80;
-	name_width = options->stat_name_width ? options->stat_name_width : 50;
 	count = options->stat_count ? options->stat_count : data->nr;
 
-	/* Sanity: give at least 5 columns to the graph,
-	 * but leave at least 10 columns for the name.
-	 */
-	if (width < 25)
-		width = 25;
-	if (name_width < 10)
-		name_width = 10;
-	else if (width < name_width + 15)
-		name_width = width - 15;
-
-	/* Find the longest filename and max number of changes */
 	reset = diff_get_color_opt(options, DIFF_RESET);
 	add_c = diff_get_color_opt(options, DIFF_FILE_NEW);
 	del_c = diff_get_color_opt(options, DIFF_FILE_OLD);
 
+	/*
+	 * Find the longest filename and max number of changes
+	 */
 	for (i = 0; (i < count) && (i < data->nr); i++) {
 		struct diffstat_file *file = data->files[i];
 		uintmax_t change = file->added + file->deleted;
@@ -1385,19 +1372,62 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 	}
 	count = i; /* min(count, data->nr) */
 
-	/* Compute the width of the graph part;
+	/*
-	 * 10 is for one blank at the beginning of the line plus
+	 * We have width = stat_width or term_columns() columns total.
-	 * " | count " between the name and the graph.
+	 * We want a maximum of min(max_len, stat_name_width) for the name part.
+	 * We also need 1 for " " and 4 + decimal_width(max_change)
+	 * for " | NNNN " and one the empty column at the end, altogether
+	 * 6 + decimal_width(max_change).
 	 *
-	 * From here on, name_width is the width of the name area,
+	 * If there's not enough space, we will use the smaller of
-	 * and width is the width of the graph area.
+	 * stat_name_width (if set) and 5/8*width for the filename,
+	 * and the rest for constant elements + graph part.
+	 * (5/8 gives 50 for filename and 30 for the constant parts + graph
+	 * for the standard terminal size).
+	 *
+	 * In other words: stat_width limits the maximum width, and
+	 * stat_name_width fixes the maximum width of the filename,
+	 * and is also used to divide available columns if there
+	 * aren't enough.
 	 */
-	name_width = (name_width < max_len) ? name_width : max_len;
-	if (width < (name_width + 10) + max_change)
-		width = width - (name_width + 10);
-	else
-		width = max_change;
 
+	if (options->stat_width == -1)
+		width = term_columns();
+	else
+		width = options->stat_width ? options->stat_width : 80;
+
+	/*
+	 * Guarantee 3/8*16==6 for the graph part
+	 * and 5/8*16==10 for the filename part
+	 */
+	if (width < 16 + 6 + number_width)
+		width = 16 + 6 + number_width;
+
+	/*
+	 * First assign sizes that are wanted, ignoring available width.
+	 */
+	graph_width = max_change;
+	name_width = (options->stat_name_width > 0 &&
+		      options->stat_name_width < max_len) ?
+		options->stat_name_width : max_len;
+
+	/*
+	 * Adjust adjustable widths not to exceed maximum width
+	 */
+	if (name_width + number_width + 6 + graph_width > width) {
+		if (graph_width > width * 3/8 - number_width - 6)
+			graph_width = width * 3/8 - number_width - 6;
+		if (name_width > width - number_width - 6 - graph_width)
+			name_width = width - number_width - 6 - graph_width;
+		else
+			graph_width = width - number_width - 6 - name_width;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * From here name_width is the width of the name area,
+	 * and graph_width is the width of the graph area.
+	 * max_change is used to scale graph properly.
+	 */
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		const char *prefix = "";
 		char *name = data->files[i]->print_name;
@@ -1453,18 +1483,18 @@ static void show_stats(struct diffstat_t *data, struct diff_options *options)
 		adds += add;
 		dels += del;
 
-		if (width <= max_change) {
+		if (graph_width <= max_change) {
 			int total = add + del;
 
-			total = scale_linear(add + del, width, max_change);
+			total = scale_linear(add + del, graph_width, max_change);
 			if (total < 2 && add && del)
 				/* width >= 2 due to the sanity check */
 				total = 2;
 			if (add < del) {
-				add = scale_linear(add, width, max_change);
+				add = scale_linear(add, graph_width, max_change);
 				del = total - add;
 			} else {
-				del = scale_linear(del, width, max_change);
+				del = scale_linear(del, graph_width, max_change);
 				add = total - del;
 			}
 		}

t/t4052-stat-output.sh

@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@ test_expect_success 'preparation' '
 while read cmd args
 do
 	cat >expect <<-'EOF'
-	 ...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa |    1 +
+	 ...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa |    1 +
 	EOF
-	test_expect_success "$cmd: a short graph bar does not extend to the full width" '
+	test_expect_success "$cmd: small change with long name gives more space to the name" '
 		git $cmd $args >output &&
 		grep " | " output >actual &&
 		test_cmp expect actual
 	'
 
 	cat >expect <<-'EOF'
-	 ...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa |    1 +
+	 ...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa |    1 +
 	EOF
-	test_expect_success "$cmd --stat=width: name is chopped to leave room to the right of a short bar" '
+	test_expect_success "$cmd --stat=width: a long name is given more room when the bar is short" '
 		git $cmd $args --stat=40 >output &&
 		grep " | " output >actual &&
 		test_cmp expect actual
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@ test_expect_success 'preparation for long filename tests' '
 '
 
 cat >expect <<'EOF'
- ...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa | 1000 +++++
+ ...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa | 1000 ++++++++++++
 EOF
 while read cmd args
 do
-	test_expect_success "$cmd --stat=width with big change and long name favors name part" '
+	test_expect_success "$cmd --stat=width with big change is more balanced" '
 		git $cmd $args --stat-width=60 >output &&
 		grep " | " output >actual &&
 		test_cmp expect actual
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ cat >expect80 <<'EOF'
  ...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa | 1000 ++++++++++++++++++++
 EOF
 cat >expect200 <<'EOF'
- ...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa | 1000 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa | 1000 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 EOF
 while read verb expect cmd args
 do
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ test_expect_success 'merge --stat respects COLUMNS (big change)' '
 '
 
 cat >expect <<'EOF'
- ...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa | 1000 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa | 1000 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 EOF
 test_expect_success 'merge --stat respects COLUMNS (long filename)' '
 	COLUMNS=100 git merge --stat --no-ff master >output &&