From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: aleksi.aalto@iki.fi Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2010, #01; Sat, 4) Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 14:36:01 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: References: <7voc90wx36.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Dec 05 13:43:14 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PPDvs-0004sk-OY for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:43:13 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755380Ab0LEMnH (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Dec 2010 07:43:07 -0500 Received: from dusk.niksula.hut.fi ([130.233.40.6]:39934 "EHLO mail.niksula.hut.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755356Ab0LEMnG (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Dec 2010 07:43:06 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 421 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2010 07:43:06 EST Received: by mail.niksula.hut.fi (Postfix, from userid 60001) id EE51974785; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 14:36:02 +0200 (EET) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1-niksula20080612 (2010-03-16) on dusk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.3.1-niksula20080612 X-Spam-Niksula: No Received: from kekkonen.cs.hut.fi (kekkonen.cs.hut.fi [130.233.41.50]) by mail.niksula.hut.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id F29ED74783; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 14:36:01 +0200 (EET) Received: from localhost (ajaalto@localhost) by kekkonen.cs.hut.fi (8.14.3+Sun/8.14.3/Submit) with ESMTP id oB5Ca1d3026271; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 14:36:01 +0200 (EET) X-Authentication-Warning: kekkonen.cs.hut.fi: ajaalto owned process doing -bs X-X-Sender: ajaalto@kekkonen.cs.hut.fi In-Reply-To: <7voc90wx36.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (SOC 1167 2008-08-23) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sat, 4 Dec 2010, Junio C Hamano wrote: > * aa/status-hilite-branch (2010-11-18) 1 commit > - status: show branchname with a configurable color > > I am indifferent/uninterested; I don't see anything wrong with it, but I > do not find coloring the field particularly useful myself. The idea for this patch came from my daywork, where I have lately been trying to teach new users effective use of Git. We promote heavy usage of "git status" for new users in order for them to understand what all the basic commands do. A great amount of users fail to notice in which branch they are even when looking at the status message. I think this small tweak could help at least some of such new users without causing considerable harm for more advanced users. And as Jeff pointed out, this is already the default beharivour in vim for commit messages. I have always found it quite reasonable. :Aga