Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] Disable "git status" comment prefix

From: Matthieu Moy <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 20:43:59 +0200

Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]> writes:

> Actually, "nothing added ..." is not a part of status proper; it
> will be clear if you run the command with comment prefix, whose
> output may end like so:
>
>     # Untracked files:
>     #   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
>     #
>     #       gomi
>     #       kuzu
>     nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
>
> But I agree that the output without comment prefix needs an extra
> blank before that line (if that line will be emitted, that is).

Even when the line is not emitted, we normally do:

# On branch master
# Changes to be committed:
#   (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
#
#	modified:   foo.txt
#

(with the last #-only line), so there's no reason to behave differently
when the last lines are "Untracked files".

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Matthieu Moy
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