Subject: Re: No config option for `git diff --stat` to always show the full file path and name (without .../ abbreviations)

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 07:46:13 -0700

Jeff King <[email-masked]> writes:

> Anyway, one more possible hack: you can set COLUMNS if you want to
> pretend you have a really big terminal. I.e., "export COLUMNS=200" would
> probably do what you want without any new Git feature.

;-)

Isn't that the exact purpose of that environment variable?  It feels
a bit unfair to the variable to call it a hack.