Output lines are not always continuous with MSYS2 tree.exe #15636

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opened 2026-01-31 04:44:04 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @matteocoder on GitHub (Oct 21, 2021).

Windows Terminal version (or Windows build number)

Windows Terminal 1.10.2714 on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1288]

Other Software

tree v1.8.0, bash 4.4.23(1)-release, both of which run within the MSYS2 environment installed by Git-for-Windows.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Download tree.exe from here, extract it and make sure that it can be called from the terminal;
  2. Locate a directory that contains a multitude of files and subdirectories (I will be using the Windows Terminal repo as an example);
  3. run $ tree path/to/directory/

Expected Behavior

The output lines on the left should be continuous.

Actual Behavior

Sometimes there are small gaps between the output lines.

Here are two screenshots comparing the output from Windows Terminal and the output from MinTTY:

Windows Terminal:
treewinterm

MinTTY:
treemintty

Originally created by @matteocoder on GitHub (Oct 21, 2021). ### Windows Terminal version (or Windows build number) Windows Terminal 1.10.2714 on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19043.1288] ### Other Software tree v1.8.0, bash 4.4.23(1)-release, both of which run within the MSYS2 environment installed by Git-for-Windows. ### Steps to reproduce 1. Download tree.exe from [here](https://mirror.msys2.org/msys/x86_64/tree-1.8.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz), extract it and make sure that it can be called from the terminal; 2. Locate a directory that contains a multitude of files and subdirectories (I will be using the Windows Terminal repo as an example); 3. run `$ tree path/to/directory/` ### Expected Behavior The output lines on the left should be continuous. ### Actual Behavior Sometimes there are small gaps between the output lines. Here are two screenshots comparing the output from Windows Terminal and the output from MinTTY: Windows Terminal: ![treewinterm](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/22897138/138342020-e1d9296f-eba6-4516-a976-c21622f4ebc4.JPG) MinTTY: ![treemintty](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/22897138/138342054-b2abe6cf-3782-440e-bf9d-32e558cebce4.JPG)
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Reference: starred/terminal#15636