address comments

pkg/kubectl/cmd/get.go

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package cmd
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/meta"
@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@ func RunGet(f *cmdutil.Factory, out io.Writer, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string
 	// use the default printer for each object
 	printer = nil
 	var lastMapping *meta.RESTMapping
-	w := tabwriter.NewWriter(out, kubectl.TabwriterMinWidth, kubectl.TabwriterWidth, kubectl.TabwriterPadding, kubectl.TabwriterPadChar, kubectl.TabwriterFlags)
+	w := kubectl.GetNewTabWriter(out)
 	defer w.Flush()
 	return b.Flatten().Do().Visit(func(r *resource.Info, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {

pkg/kubectl/resource_printer.go

@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	TabwriterMinWidth = 10
-	TabwriterWidth    = 4
-	TabwriterPadding  = 3
-	TabwriterPadChar  = ' '
-	TabwriterFlags    = 0
+	tabwriterMinWidth = 10
+	tabwriterWidth    = 4
+	tabwriterPadding  = 3
+	tabwriterPadChar  = ' '
+	tabwriterFlags    = 0
 )
 
 // GetPrinter takes a format type, an optional format argument. It will return true
@@ -1475,11 +1475,17 @@ func formatWideHeaders(wide bool, t reflect.Type) []string {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// GetNewTabWriter returns a tabwriter that translates tabbed columns in input into properly aligned text.
+func GetNewTabWriter(output io.Writer) *tabwriter.Writer {
+	return tabwriter.NewWriter(output, tabwriterMinWidth, tabwriterWidth, tabwriterPadding, tabwriterPadChar, tabwriterFlags)
+}
+
 // PrintObj prints the obj in a human-friendly format according to the type of the obj.
 func (h *HumanReadablePrinter) PrintObj(obj runtime.Object, output io.Writer) error {
+	// if output is a tabwriter (when it's called by kubectl get), we use it; create a new tabwriter otherwise
 	w, found := output.(*tabwriter.Writer)
 	if !found {
-		w = tabwriter.NewWriter(output, TabwriterMinWidth, TabwriterWidth, TabwriterPadding, TabwriterPadChar, TabwriterFlags)
+		w = GetNewTabWriter(output)
 		defer w.Flush()
 	}
 	t := reflect.TypeOf(obj)