From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80F371FA7B for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2017 11:44:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752455AbdFOLoA (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:44:00 -0400 Received: from mail-io0-f195.google.com ([209.85.223.195]:33126 "EHLO mail-io0-f195.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752311AbdFOLn7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:43:59 -0400 Received: by mail-io0-f195.google.com with SMTP id j200so1612876ioe.0 for ; Thu, 15 Jun 2017 04:43:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=r9paJ49YlZid9cbnoPvZ5U9zwlyRemLcxrOb/dl4/lY=; b=l1pDU+EmZVMN0KDiWLdUPHXYmCibZvz7CAdgmab/P5DFQkI/WB61vLHXa8PCtYbT4m cnBd3hN0m/xJId6GJVYAjAtv88mquCGQSHgVLY+OKsvt2vhsfKB49oL08B6dh5zile45 UsRwNMcpNWuadZDQwyOJqkPzRUOjzSu9id5ufyYvIiwWo2inheTDjjn/SGDJvX7x9jfl aissYGjhONapPFSeUmNXVCKlXhYhaeH4292gL0KgThsy92EzQdE237fg6O7LXh+EmFk4 5nbd1yk2UgpWXsu3J8VZ2lWNzsRBRI4tZwNu8jr5KHgQoEQNqDwRtBxpMr/gSWJT2/2K aAlw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=r9paJ49YlZid9cbnoPvZ5U9zwlyRemLcxrOb/dl4/lY=; b=kpL30BiptUtT3k1w/ZA19TDs8nnVB9OZHHMwUD62jA0TFP+80DHsMHRAzZPcyCyY30 9M8jEnsh5oj/D/KWb5k7g41cgPKCOPy6VwmNRxYvlM1/pRGYqCXFdywnfWCO2C1vGBQt 0SxCX2VwQkfWLa4hFg8WnBFCW4TbS0TiOCSAysLUbrnWNH2diPlX5ICN8IrwMP80CASj 4oKAEQmrhxFmAoob07vNYP/RSkFDHBkHLWnRMlikUtzsBYMFnM8XChPPGqDKGqThh2yx 1kYuXA3HGb2gqVI5Uc3sfu8euK0ZG93UCLXvJVrlsbHv4JsBjWRdzbFmOITcORQ0nPm/ Nukw== X-Gm-Message-State: AKS2vOxjIanOrlJruvZ2Y/1QUnBtHLZQWSrimxzKtofJXFkNOicrmQn5 lRmLsBHQGqV9lguhC2TOpntZM7elpg== X-Received: by 10.107.181.22 with SMTP id e22mr5189733iof.85.1497527038500; Thu, 15 Jun 2017 04:43:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.79.72.66 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Jun 2017 04:43:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20170615084248.elfsh4of5qdsk3pa@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <1497084241.8531.2.camel@gmail.com> <20170610102127.ftvko3m7gazavpj7@sigill.intra.peff.net> <1497255003.1718.1.camel@gmail.com> <20170612212025.ytyukvmmthfcsejh@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20170612213759.f2scl3r46vboolna@sigill.intra.peff.net> <1497514760.2394.6.camel@gmail.com> <20170615084248.elfsh4of5qdsk3pa@sigill.intra.peff.net> From: Samuel Lijin Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 07:43:17 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] wt-status.c: Modified status message shown for a parent-less branch To: Jeff King Cc: Kaartic Sivaraam , Junio C Hamano , "git@vger.kernel.org" , "brian m. carlson" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 4:42 AM, Jeff King wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 01:49:20PM +0530, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: > > > What about, "not making any assumptions" about what the user would > > think when he views the output of `git status` ? Why not try some > > general messages like, > > > > * Staged changes > > * Unstaged changes > > > > instead of the messages such as > > > > * Changes to be committed, Changes already in the index > > * Changes not staged for commit, Changes not yet in the index > > > > which seem to make assumptions about the user who view the output ? > > Saying just "staged changes" is definitely accurate. I don't know if > some users would find that too terse, too. The phrase "not staged for > commit" gives more information if you don't know what "staged" means in > the Git world. Perhaps there should be a message pointing people at documentation explaining the index and staging terminology? Offhand, this is something I was wondering about the other day - has there ever been a discussion of what level of proficiency Git expects of its users? > -Peff