Subject: Re: [PATCH/FINAL] status: contextually notify user about an initial commit

From: Kaartic Sivaraam <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 20:05:14 +0530

On Wed, 2017-06-21 at 08:07 +0530, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote:
> The existing message, "Initial commit", makes sense for the commit
> template
> notifying users that it's their initial commit, but is confusing when
> merely checking the status of a fresh repository (or orphan branch)
> without having any commits yet.
> 
> Change the output of "status" to say "No commits yet" when "git
> status" is run on a fresh repo (or orphan branch), while retaining
> the
> current "Initial commit" message displayed in the template that's
> displayed in the editor when the initial commit is being authored.
> 
> A few alternatives considered were,
> 
>  * Waiting for initial commit
>  * Your current branch does not have any commits
>  * Current branch waiting for initial commit
> 
> The most succint one among the alternatives was chosen.
> 
> Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <[email-masked]>
> ---
> 
>  The 'FINAL' part in the subject is just my opinion about 
>  this patch
> 
Just for the note, the tests passed locally and all travis-ci builds
jobs succeeded except for the one in which the 'GITTEXT_POISON'
environment variable is enabled. I guess that isn't an issue, from what
I came to know while digging about it.

-- 
Regards,
Kaartic Sivaraam <[email-masked]>