diffstat already has a -w option which can be used to achieve the same result. Making it respond to the environment variable would change existing uses.
man diffstat -w number specify the maximum width of the histogram. The histogram will never be shorter than 10 columns, just in case the filenames get too large. -- diffstat does not honor COLUMNS environment variable https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209537 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs