How to change tab size in GitHub desktop app?

Question

I'm working on a project that uses tabs incorrectly, and therefore doesn't like that the GitHub desktop app shows them as being 4 spaces wide in the diff.

This is not nice as it's hard to read the diff inside the app because the code shows up as not being properly indented.

Is there a setting that allows to customize the tab size?

Dibs

possible duplicate of How to change tab size on GitHub? – Xavier

oh, I stopped reading at GitHub, my bad! – Xavier

Answer 1

This feature is available since 3.4.2. You can find it here:

File -> Options -> Appearance -> Tab size

Have a look at the release notes:

3.4.2

Released: 6/25/2024

    [New] Option to use Git Credential Manager for repositories hosted outside of GitHub.com - #18700
    [New] Allow customizing tab character width in spaces - #15561
    [Fixed] Remote urls containing spaces are now displayed in their entirety in the remote settings screen - #18876
    [Fixed] Newly uploaded images are rendered in Pull Request comments and reviews - #18830

Klenk

Answer 2

One can edit the installed stylesheet for GitHub Desktop.

Add the following to GitHub\ Desktop.app/Contents/Resources/app/renderer.css on Mac:

* { tab-size: 4; }

This likely will be reset after an update, but I'll cross that bridge when it comes.

Adz

This is quite hacky but it works - also under Windows. Under Windows I found renderer.css under %LOCALAPPDATA%\GitHubDesktop\app-3.3.6\resources\app so it's version specific. – Mouldon

it's /var/lib/flatpak/app/io.github.shiftey.Desktop/current/active/files/github-desktop/resources/app/renderer.css in Linux. – Kasandrakasevich

Answer 3

2021: There is at least a setting on github.com.

2015: I just checked with the latest version of GitHub for Windows (2.14.7), and this option doesn't seem to be available.

Oviduct

Still not seeing this option today on github-for-Mac v 3.1.2... :,( – Eavesdrop

@Eavesdrop True, this is still not directly visible in the GitHub Desktop application. – Oviduct