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[PATCH 1/4] Clarify syntax and role of git-add in status output

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JRJuergen Ruehle <j.ruehle@bmiag.de>
Date
Jan 2, 2007, 19:26 UTC
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This uses the actual (simplified) synopsis line from the git-add man page and advertises its incremental nature.

Signed-off-by: Jürgen Rühle <j-r@online.de>
---
 wt-status.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index db42738..34be91b 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ static char wt_status_colors[][COLOR_MAXLEN] = {
 	"\033[31m", /* WT_STATUS_CHANGED: red */
 	"\033[31m", /* WT_STATUS_UNTRACKED: red */
 };
-static const char* use_add_msg = "use \"git add file1 file2\" to include for commit";
+static const char* use_add_msg = "use \"git add <file>...\" to incrementally add content to commit";
 
 static int parse_status_slot(const char *var, int offset)
 {
-- 
1.5.0.rc0.g31e2
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Message 2 of 15 in “Assorted small changes to runstatus”
  1. Assorted small changes to runstatusJuergen Ruehle, Jan 2, 2007
  2. 1/4 Clarify syntax and role of git-add in status outputJuergen Ruehle, Jan 2, 2007
  3. 2/4 Improve cached content header of status outputJuergen Ruehle, Jan 2, 2007
  4. Andy WhitcroftJan 5, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 5, 2007
  6. Andy WhitcroftJan 5, 2007
  7. Juergen RuehleJan 5, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 5, 2007
  9. Andy WhitcroftJan 8, 2007
  10. Juergen RuehleJan 8, 2007
  11. 3/4 Improve "nothing to commit" part of status outputJuergen Ruehle, Jan 2, 2007
  12. 4/4 Support --amend on initial commit in status outputJuergen Ruehle, Jan 2, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 3, 2007
  14. Juergen RuehleJan 3, 2007
  15. Remove unnecessary git-rm --cached reference from status outputJuergen Ruehle, Jan 7, 2007

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