const char *name;
        enum cmit_fmt format;
        int is_tformat;
+       int expand_tabs_in_log;
        int is_alias;
        const char *user_format;
 } *commit_formats;
 static void setup_commit_formats(void)
 {
        struct cmt_fmt_map builtin_formats[] = {
-               { "raw",        CMIT_FMT_RAW,           0 },
-               { "medium",     CMIT_FMT_MEDIUM,        0 },
-               { "short",      CMIT_FMT_SHORT,         0 },
-               { "email",      CMIT_FMT_EMAIL,         0 },
-               { "fuller",     CMIT_FMT_FULLER,        0 },
-               { "full",       CMIT_FMT_FULL,          0 },
-               { "oneline",    CMIT_FMT_ONELINE,       1 }
+               { "raw",        CMIT_FMT_RAW,           0,      0 },
+               { "medium",     CMIT_FMT_MEDIUM,        0,      1 },
+               { "short",      CMIT_FMT_SHORT,         0,      0 },
+               { "email",      CMIT_FMT_EMAIL,         0,      0 },
+               { "fuller",     CMIT_FMT_FULLER,        0,      1 },
+               { "full",       CMIT_FMT_FULL,          0,      1 },
+               { "oneline",    CMIT_FMT_ONELINE,       1,      0 }
        };
        commit_formats_len = ARRAY_SIZE(builtin_formats);
        builtin_formats_len = commit_formats_len;
 
        rev->commit_format = commit_format->format;
        rev->use_terminator = commit_format->is_tformat;
+       rev->expand_tabs_in_log_default = commit_format->expand_tabs_in_log;
        if (commit_format->format == CMIT_FMT_USERFORMAT) {
                save_user_format(rev, commit_format->user_format,
                                 commit_format->is_tformat);
                strbuf_grow(sb, linelen + indent + 20);
                if (indent)
                        pp_handle_indent(pp, sb, indent, line, linelen);
+               else if (pp->expand_tabs_in_log)
+                       strbuf_add_tabexpand(sb, line, linelen);
                else
                        strbuf_add(sb, line, linelen);
                strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
 
        revs->skip_count = -1;
        revs->max_count = -1;
        revs->max_parents = -1;
+       revs->expand_tabs_in_log = -1;
 
        revs->commit_format = CMIT_FMT_DEFAULT;
+       revs->expand_tabs_in_log_default = 1;
 
        init_grep_defaults();
        grep_init(&revs->grep_filter, prefix);
                get_commit_format(arg+9, revs);
        } else if (!strcmp(arg, "--expand-tabs")) {
                revs->expand_tabs_in_log = 1;
+       } else if (!strcmp(arg, "--no-expand-tabs")) {
+               revs->expand_tabs_in_log = 0;
        } else if (!strcmp(arg, "--show-notes") || !strcmp(arg, "--notes")) {
                revs->show_notes = 1;
                revs->show_notes_given = 1;
        if (revs->first_parent_only && revs->bisect)
                die(_("--first-parent is incompatible with --bisect"));
 
+       if (revs->expand_tabs_in_log < 0)
+               revs->expand_tabs_in_log = revs->expand_tabs_in_log_default;
+
        return left;
 }