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From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] fetch: reduce duplicate in ref update status lines
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2016 10:11:58 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CACsJy8DFE=NPB8+VfLFf_v719Rz8+at_daWyQ3jQUHYrB6TWZw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqtwhangdn.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 3:53 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> By punting on the effort to find a readable format that does not
> repeat the same info twice, we are sending a signal to the users
> that they cannot use a meaningful sentence as the name of a branch
> name; they need to stay within a relatively short (i.e. 1/4 of a
> line width) branch name, to avoid triggering this multi-line
> behaviour.

This is subjective because line length (or terminal width) varies. And
in the time where GUI and web interfaces are also used and preferred
by some, CLI users may not be able to do much with such a signal
(can't force everybody to suit you).
-- 
Duy

  reply	other threads:[~2016-06-04  3:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-22 11:20 [PATCH 0/2] Better ref summary alignment in "git fetch" Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-05-22 11:20 ` [PATCH 1/2] fetch: better alignment in ref summary Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-05-23  0:58   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-23  1:59     ` Duy Nguyen
2016-05-26 14:22       ` Marc Branchaud
2016-05-26 16:29         ` Jeff King
2016-05-26 17:42           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-26 18:13             ` Marc Branchaud
2016-05-26 19:31               ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-26 22:13                 ` Marc Branchaud
2016-05-26  5:18   ` Jeff King
2016-06-02 13:58     ` Duy Nguyen
2016-06-02 16:16       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-22 11:20 ` [PATCH 2/2] fetch: reduce ref column size when there are enough short ref names Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-03 11:08 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Better ref summary alignment in "git fetch" Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-03 11:08   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] git-fetch.txt: document fetch output Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-03 14:33     ` Marc Branchaud
2016-06-03 16:55     ` Jeff King
2016-06-03 11:08   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] fetch: refactor ref update status formatting code Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-03 16:48     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-03 11:08   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] fetch: reduce duplicate in ref update status lines Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-03 14:53     ` Marc Branchaud
2016-06-03 17:04       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-03 20:00         ` Marc Branchaud
2016-06-03 20:53           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-04  3:11             ` Duy Nguyen [this message]
2016-06-04  0:31       ` Duy Nguyen
2016-06-04 16:30         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-05  3:15           ` Duy Nguyen
2016-06-03 17:00     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-03 23:49       ` Duy Nguyen
2016-06-03 17:06     ` Jeff King
2016-06-03 23:52       ` Duy Nguyen
2016-06-04  4:53         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-03 17:00   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Better ref summary alignment in "git fetch" Jeff King
2016-06-03 17:37     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-05  3:11   ` [PATCH v3 0/6] " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-05  3:11     ` [PATCH v3 1/6] git-fetch.txt: document fetch output Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-06 14:24       ` Marc Branchaud
2016-06-05  3:11     ` [PATCH v3 2/6] fetch: refactor ref update status formatting code Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-05  3:11     ` [PATCH v3 3/6] fetch: change flag code for displaying tag update and deleted ref Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-05  3:11     ` [PATCH v3 4/6] fetch: align all "remote -> local" output Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-05  3:11     ` [PATCH v3 5/6] fetch: reduce duplicate in ref update status lines with { -> } Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-05  3:11     ` [PATCH v3 6/6] fetch: reduce duplicate in ref update status lines with placeholder Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-26  5:58     ` [PATCH v4 0/5] Better ref summary alignment in "git fetch" Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-26  5:58       ` [PATCH v4 1/5] git-fetch.txt: document fetch output Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-07-04 14:07         ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-04 15:17           ` Duy Nguyen
2016-07-04 15:25             ` Jakub Narębski
2016-07-04 15:52               ` Duy Nguyen
2016-06-26  5:58       ` [PATCH v4 2/5] fetch: refactor ref update status formatting code Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-26  5:58       ` [PATCH v4 3/5] fetch: change flag code for displaying tag update and deleted ref Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-26  5:58       ` [PATCH v4 4/5] fetch: align all "remote -> local" output Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-26  5:58       ` [PATCH v4 5/5] fetch: reduce duplicate in ref update status lines with placeholder Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-06-27  4:33         ` Eric Sunshine
2016-06-27  5:42           ` Duy Nguyen
2016-06-27 15:31           ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-27 18:43       ` [PATCH v4 0/5] Better ref summary alignment in "git fetch" Jeff King
2016-06-27 19:27         ` Duy Nguyen
2016-06-30 16:16         ` Duy Nguyen
2016-07-01  6:09           ` Jeff King
2016-07-01 16:03       ` [PATCH v5 " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-07-01 16:03         ` [PATCH v5 1/5] git-fetch.txt: document fetch output Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-07-01 16:03         ` [PATCH v5 2/5] fetch: refactor ref update status formatting code Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-07-01 16:03         ` [PATCH v5 3/5] fetch: change flag code for displaying tag update and deleted ref Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-07-01 16:03         ` [PATCH v5 4/5] fetch: align all "remote -> local" output Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-07-01 16:03         ` [PATCH v5 5/5] fetch: reduce duplicate in ref update status lines with placeholder Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2016-07-01 23:21         ` [PATCH v5 0/5] Better ref summary alignment in "git fetch" Junio C Hamano
2016-07-02  4:39           ` Duy Nguyen
2016-07-04 13:17         ` Marc Branchaud
2016-07-04 15:08           ` Duy Nguyen

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