From: 林自均 <johnlinp@gmail.com>
To: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk, John Lin <johnlinp@gmail.com>,
Git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] status: add an empty line when there is no hint
Date: Thu, 2 May 2019 08:35:23 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKO26MvXmOMHgqWSoVrmdwyDFyqDrChkMOHq6iuJAX8pvHzZoA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190501234512.GD202237@genre.crustytoothpaste.net>
Hi Brian,
brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> 於 2019年5月2日 週四 上午7:45寫道:
>
> On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 12:15:37PM +0100, Phillip Wood wrote:
> > Hi John
> >
> > On 30/04/2019 07:02, John Lin wrote:
> > > When typing "git status", there is an empty line between
> > > the "Changes not staged for commit:" block and the list
> > > of changed files.
> >
> > I'm a bit confused by this as you change a status test below by inserting
> > these blank lines into the expected output, implying they are not there now.
> > I think maybe the blank line is only shown when status prints advice.
> >
> > > However, when typing "git commit" with
> > > no files added, there are no empty lines between them.
> >
> > I have to say looking at the changes to the output I prefer the original,
> > the lists are nicely indented so there is no need for a blank line to
> > separate the header from the list and having the header immediately before
> > the list means the blank line at the end of the block makes the extent of
> > the block clear. It also saves screen space which is useful for small laptop
> > screens. I can see why one might want a blank line to separate the advice
> > and list of changes (though even there the indention of the list and advice
> > is different) but for a one line header I think it is better to start the
> > list on the next line.
>
> I actually was going to submit an equivalent patch eventually. The
> inconsistency between status and commit is bothersome to me and I think
> that adding the whitespace improves readability.
>
> I'd love to see this picked up.
Thank you for the support! I'll be very happy if my patch can get into
the code base. Is there any improvement I can make for this patch?
Best,
John Lin
> --
> brian m. carlson: Houston, Texas, US
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-05-02 0:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-30 6:02 [PATCH v2] status: add an empty line when there is no hint John Lin
2019-04-30 11:15 ` Phillip Wood
2019-04-30 22:23 ` 林自均
2019-05-01 23:45 ` brian m. carlson
2019-05-02 0:35 ` 林自均 [this message]
2019-05-02 23:15 ` brian m. carlson
2019-05-03 4:15 ` 林自均
2019-05-10 0:56 ` 林自均
2019-05-13 5:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-05-14 0:30 ` 林自均
2019-05-14 2:04 ` brian m. carlson
2019-05-14 7:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-05-14 9:43 ` 林自均
2019-05-15 0:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-05-15 3:02 ` 林自均
2019-05-22 23:01 ` 林自均
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