From 9ed86994634d1b73620b415e9e7626cb564d4516 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Pengelly <robertapengelly@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 06:25:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] If running ls without any arguments default to ls -C so that
 no newlines are added

---
 xmake.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xmake.c b/xmake.c
index 4b1d5af..e25b188 100644
--- a/xmake.c
+++ b/xmake.c
@@ -447,6 +447,16 @@ static int pipe_command (const char *filename, unsigned long line_no, char *inpu
         argv[0] = prog;
         argv[argc] = 0;
         
+        if (strcmp (prog, "ls") == 0 && argc == 1) {
+        
+            argv = xrealloc (argv, sizeof (*argv) * 3);
+            argc = 2;
+            
+            argv[1] = "-C";
+            argv[2] = 0;
+        
+        }
+        
         dup2 (pipefd[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
         
         close (pipefd[0]);
-- 
2.34.1