[PATCH v2] RelNotes/1.8.5: direct script writers to "git status --porcelain"
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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
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- Sep 26, 2013, 18:33 UTC
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Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> --- Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:
> Perhaps "to use instead ..." would be easier to understand than > proposed "to use ..., instead." (with "..." being one line long).
Actually, I had the version below staged, but forgot to "commit --amend" before sending. Should be clear enough.
Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt index ac5c3fa..e295266 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt @@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "git status" now omits the prefix to make its output a comment in a commit log editor, which is not necessary for human consumption. + Scripts that parse the output of "git status" are advised to use + "git status --porcelain" instead. Its format is both easier to + parse and stable. * Make "foo^{tag}" to peel a tag to itself, i.e. no-op., and fail if "foo" is not a tag. "git rev-parse --verify v1.0^{tag}" would be
-- 1.8.4.474.g128a96c