Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] merge-recursive: use "up-to-date" instead of "uptodate" in error message for consistency

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s.dev@gmx.fr>
> ---
>  merge-recursive.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/merge-recursive.c b/merge-recursive.c
> index 856e98c..fb6aa4a 100644
> --- a/merge-recursive.c
> +++ b/merge-recursive.c
> @@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ int merge_trees(struct merge_options *o,
>  	}
>  
>  	if (sha_eq(common->object.sha1, merge->object.sha1)) {
> -		output(o, 0, "Already uptodate!");
> +		output(o, 0, "Already up-to-date!");
>  		*result = head;
>  		return 1;
>  	}

Sorry, but the pros-and-cons is not good enough for me to support this
change.  It will break users who have been parsing output with scripts.

We do strongly warn people against relying on Porcelain output, but that
does not mean we are free to change them without having a good reason or
two.  The new spelling won't help the next reader who will find the
message confusing the same way you did a few days ago.

IOW, if we are touching this line anyway, I'd like to make sure we made an
effort to make it less confusing, not just spelled correctly, while we
still have our memory of confusion fresh ;-)