{"thread":{"id":"18665","subject":"legend on top-right pane in 'git gui'","startedAt":"2009-03-31T16:25:40Z","lastAt":"2009-04-10T19:19:16Z","messageCount":4,"participants":["Sitaram Chamarty","James Pickens"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"110031","messageId":"slrngt4h04.q0l.sitaramc@sitaramc.homelinux.net","threadId":"18665","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"legend on top-right pane in 'git gui'","fromName":"Sitaram Chamarty","fromEmail":"sitaramc@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-03-31T16:25:40Z","receivedAt":"2009-03-31T16:25:40Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"sitaramc@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43316?v=4"},"body":"Hello,\n\n'git gui' has a minor issue with the legend on the main code\npanel (yellow bar, top right pane).\n\nWhen you click on a file in the top left pane, the yellow\nbar becomes \"untracked, not staged\". When you click on a\nfile in the bottom left pane, it becomes \"staged for\ncommit\". So far so good.\n\nBut when you take a file and (un)stage a part of it, then\nthe text on the yellow bar changes to \"Portions staged for\ncommit\", regardless of whether you clicked on the filename\nin the top left (unstaged) or bottom left (staged) pane.\n\nOne of the two texts should be different, but what? I was\nthinking, just add \"(partial)\" to the normal text, like:\n\n \"untracked, not staged (partial)\"\n \"staged for commit (partial)\"\n\nI also tried to see if I could patch it, but it's not just a\nmatter of changing the text somewhere, and I don't know tcl.\nHowever, if someone can give me a pointer I could still\ntry...\n\nAny thoughts?\n"},{"id":"110887","messageId":"slrngtqr13.566.sitaramc@sitaramc.homelinux.net","threadId":"18665","inReplyTo":"slrngt4h04.q0l.sitaramc@sitaramc.homelinux.net","subject":"Re: legend on top-right pane in 'git gui'","fromName":"Sitaram Chamarty","fromEmail":"sitaramc@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-04-09T03:31:47Z","receivedAt":"2009-04-09T03:31:47Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"sitaramc@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43316?v=4"},"body":"Hi guys,\n\nCan someone at least tell me \"Sita, you're wrong/this is a\nstupid question/this is perfectly correct behaviour/whatever\"? :-)\n\nI won't even ask why, I promise :-)\n\nRegards,\n\nSitaram\n\nOn 2009-03-31, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:\n> Hello,\n>\n> 'git gui' has a minor issue with the legend on the main code\n> panel (yellow bar, top right pane).\n>\n> When you click on a file in the top left pane, the yellow\n> bar becomes \"untracked, not staged\". When you click on a\n> file in the bottom left pane, it becomes \"staged for\n> commit\". So far so good.\n>\n> But when you take a file and (un)stage a part of it, then\n> the text on the yellow bar changes to \"Portions staged for\n> commit\", regardless of whether you clicked on the filename\n> in the top left (unstaged) or bottom left (staged) pane.\n>\n> One of the two texts should be different, but what? I was\n> thinking, just add \"(partial)\" to the normal text, like:\n>\n> \"untracked, not staged (partial)\"\n> \"staged for commit (partial)\"\n>\n> I also tried to see if I could patch it, but it's not just a\n> matter of changing the text somewhere, and I don't know tcl.\n> However, if someone can give me a pointer I could still\n> try...\n>\n> Any thoughts?\n>\n"},{"id":"110889","messageId":"885649360904082111q31f1d90br8ee62eb4afba2611@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"18665","inReplyTo":"slrngtqr13.566.sitaramc@sitaramc.homelinux.net","subject":"Re: legend on top-right pane in 'git gui'","fromName":"James Pickens","fromEmail":"jepicken@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-04-09T04:11:42Z","receivedAt":"2009-04-09T04:11:42Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jepicken@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Wed, Apr 8, 2009, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:\n> Can someone at least tell me \"Sita, you're wrong/this is a\n> stupid question/this is perfectly correct behaviour/whatever\"? :-)\n>\n> I won't even ask why, I promise :-)\n\nWell, I for one think your proposed new message - \"untracked, not\nstaged (partial)\" - is nonsense. A file can't be both untracked\nand partially staged.\n\nAlso I don't agree that the message needs to be different\ndepending on where you click; actually I think such behavior\nwould be more confusing to users than the current behavior.\n\nJames\n"},{"id":"111026","messageId":"slrngtv6tk.7aq.sitaramc@sitaramc.homelinux.net","threadId":"18665","inReplyTo":"885649360904082111q31f1d90br8ee62eb4afba2611@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: legend on top-right pane in 'git gui'","fromName":"Sitaram Chamarty","fromEmail":"sitaramc@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-04-10T19:19:16Z","receivedAt":"2009-04-10T19:19:16Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"sitaramc@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/43316?v=4"},"body":"On 2009-04-09, James Pickens wrote:\n> On Wed, Apr 8, 2009, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:\n>> Can someone at least tell me \"Sita, you're wrong/this is a\n>> stupid question/this is perfectly correct behaviour/whatever\"? :-)\n>>\n>> I won't even ask why, I promise :-)\n>\n> Well, I for one think your proposed new message - \"untracked, not\n> staged (partial)\" - is nonsense. A file can't be both untracked\n> and partially staged.\n\nFine, some other wording may suit better; doesn't matter if\nyou don't even agree that the message needs to be different.\n\n> Also I don't agree that the message needs to be different\n> depending on where you click; actually I think such behavior\n> would be more confusing to users than the current behavior.\n\nRight now, both panes say \"Portions staged for commit\".\n\nIn fact, while one pane does indeed show the portions staged\nfor commit, the other one is actually showing portions *not*\nstaged for commit. To some of my users, that is certainly\nconfusing.\n\nI guess confusion, like beauty, is in the eyes of the\nbeholder...\n"}]}