[PATCH] "bzr help commands" spacing

[Robert Collins]

On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 12:52 -0600, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
> The 4-character indents on "help commands" may just be the worst
> possible size.
> 
>     bzr add [FILE...]
>         Add specified files or directories.
>     bzr annotate FILENAME
>         Show the origin of each line in a file.
>     bzr branch FROM_LOCATION [TO_LOCATION]
>         Create a new copy of a branch.
>     [...]
> 
> It makes the list very hard to scan by eye for particular commands,
> since the command lines up perfectly with the description line.
> Shifting to 8-characters makes it much nicer, since you can easily
> parse out the commands without having to actually _read_ the lines.
> 
>     bzr add [FILE...]
>             Add specified files or directories.
>     bzr annotate FILENAME
>             Show the origin of each line in a file.
>     bzr branch FROM_LOCATION [TO_LOCATION]
>             Create a new copy of a branch.
>     [...]
> 
> 
> Trivial patch attached.

+1, with ' ' * 8

For extra kudos a test case for the formatting would be nice :)

Rob

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