Adds control over annotation characters

package.json

@@ -88,6 +88,26 @@
                     ],
                     "description": "Specifies whether and how to show blame annotations on the active line. `off` - no annotation. `inline` - adds a trailing annotation to the active line. `hover` - adds hover annotation to the active line. `both` - adds both `inline` and `hover` annotations"
                 },
+                "gitlens.blame.annotation.characters.ellipse": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "default": "\\2026",
+                    "description": "Specifies the ellipse character to use in blame annotations"
+                },
+                "gitlens.blame.annotation.characters.indent": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "default": "\\2759",
+                    "description": "Specifies the indent character to use in `compact` blame annotations"
+                },
+                "gitlens.blame.annotation.characters.padding": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "default": "\\00a0",
+                    "description": "Specifies the padding character (typically a non-breaking space) to use in blame annotations"
+                },
+                "gitlens.blame.annotation.characters.separator": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "default": "\\2022",
+                    "description": "Specifies the separator character to use in blame annotations"
+                },
                 "gitlens.codeLens.visibility": {
                     "type": "string",
                     "default": "auto",

src/blameAnnotationFormatter.ts

@@ -9,10 +9,17 @@ export const defaultRelativeDateLength = 13;
 export const defaultAuthorLength = 16;
 export const defaultMessageLength = 32;
 
-export const cssEllipse = '\\2026';
-export const cssIndent = '\\02759';
-export const cssSeparator = '\\2022';
-export const cssSpace = '\\00a0';
+export let cssEllipse = '\\2026';
+export let cssIndent = '\\2759';
+export let cssSeparator = '\\2022';
+export let cssPadding = '\\00a0';
+
+export function configureCssCharacters(config: IBlameConfig) {
+    cssEllipse = config.annotation.characters.ellipse || cssEllipse;
+    cssIndent = config.annotation.characters.indent || cssIndent;
+    cssPadding = config.annotation.characters.padding || cssPadding;
+    cssSeparator = config.annotation.characters.separator || cssSeparator;
+}
 
 export enum BlameAnnotationFormat {
     Constrained,
@@ -85,7 +92,8 @@ export default class BlameAnnotationFormatter {
             return `${author.substring(0, truncateTo - cssEllipse.length)}${cssEllipse}`;
         }
 
-        return author + `${cssSpace}`.repeat(truncateTo - author.length);
+        if (force) return author; // Don't pad when just asking for the value
+        return author + `${cssPadding}`.repeat(truncateTo - author.length);
     }
 
     static getDate(config: IBlameConfig, commit: GitCommit, format?: string, truncate: boolean = false, force: boolean = false) {
@@ -101,7 +109,8 @@ export default class BlameAnnotationFormatter {
             return `${date.substring(0, truncateTo - cssEllipse.length)}${cssEllipse}`;
         }
 
-        return date + `${cssSpace}`.repeat(truncateTo - date.length);
+        if (force) return date; // Don't pad when just asking for the value
+        return date + `${cssPadding}`.repeat(truncateTo - date.length);
     }
 
     static getMessage(config: IBlameConfig, commit: GitCommit, truncateTo: number = 0, force: boolean = false) {

src/configuration.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ export interface IBlameConfig {
         date: 'off' | 'relative' | 'absolute';
         message: boolean;
         activeLine: 'off' | 'inline' | 'hover' | 'both';
+        characters: {
+            ellipse: string;
+            indent: string;
+            padding: string;
+            separator: string;
+        }
     };
 }
 

src/extension.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import { ExtensionContext, languages, window, workspace } from 'vscode';
 import BlameAnnotationController from './blameAnnotationController';
 import BlameStatusBarController from './blameStatusBarController';
+import { configureCssCharacters } from './blameAnnotationFormatter';
 import DiffLineWithPreviousCommand from './commands/diffLineWithPrevious';
 import DiffLineWithWorkingCommand from './commands/diffLineWithWorking';
 import DiffWithPreviousCommand from './commands/diffWithPrevious';
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import ShowQuickFileHistoryCommand from './commands/showQuickFileHistory';
 import ShowQuickRepoHistoryCommand from './commands/showQuickRepoHistory';
 import ToggleBlameCommand from './commands/toggleBlame';
 import ToggleCodeLensCommand from './commands/toggleCodeLens';
-import { IAdvancedConfig } from './configuration';
+import { IAdvancedConfig, IBlameConfig } from './configuration';
 import { WorkspaceState } from './constants';
 import GitContentProvider from './gitContentProvider';
 import GitProvider, { Git } from './gitProvider';
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ export async function activate(context: ExtensionContext) {
     const rootPath = workspace.rootPath.replace(/\\/g, '/');
     Logger.log(`GitLens active: ${rootPath}`);
 
-    const gitPath = workspace.getConfiguration('gitlens').get<IAdvancedConfig>('advanced').git;
+    const config = workspace.getConfiguration('gitlens');
+    const gitPath = config.get<IAdvancedConfig>('advanced').git;
+
+    configureCssCharacters(config.get<IBlameConfig>('blame'));
 
     let repoPath: string;
     try {