From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp•fr>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
Cc: "Julián Landerreche" <maniqui@gmail•com>, git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: a more helpful message on "git status" output
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 12:20:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vpqtx6bnhce.fsf@anie.imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqy4vql6c2.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Fri, 18 Jul 2014 14:12:13 -0700")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com> writes:
> Julián Landerreche <maniqui@gmail•com> writes:
>
>> OK, I'm mostly convinced.
>> A more verbose, educational output could read:
>>
>> (use "git pull" to fetch newer commits from upstream and update your
>> local branch)
>> (use "git merge" to update your local branch)
>
> I actually do not like that, to be honest.
>
> These brief reminders should be just that, and if anything, we
> should aim to make them shorter and more concise, not longer and
> more verbose.
I think so too. For someone not willing to read the doc, the current
message is sufficient, and for someone willing to read it, the output of
"git status" is IHMO not a good place to teach the difference between
merge and pull.
--
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-07-21 10:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-07-18 19:03 a more helpful message on "git status" output Julián Landerreche
2014-07-18 19:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-07-18 19:47 ` Julián Landerreche
2014-07-18 21:05 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-07-18 21:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-07-21 10:20 ` Matthieu Moy [this message]
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