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Re: [PATCH 2/4] Improve cached content header of status output

From
JRJuergen Ruehle <j.ruehle@bmiag.de>
Date
Jan 5, 2007, 17:14 UTC
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<17822.34697.691000.253492@lapjr.intranet.kiel.bmiag.de>
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Andy Whitcroft writes:
 > Junio C Hamano wrote:
 > > Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> writes:
 > > 
 > >>> +static void wt_status_print_cached_header(const char *reference)
 > >>> +{
 > >>> +	const char *c = color(WT_STATUS_HEADER);
 > >>> +	color_printf_ln(c, "# Cached changes to be committed:");
 > >>> ...
 > >> We seem to be using 'Cached' and 'staged' here.  I thought we had
 > >> updated all the docs to call files in the index "Staged for commit".
 > > 
 > > 	# Changes staged to be committed:
 > > 
 > > Somebody did not like the verb "stage"; perhaps we can say:
 > > 
 > > 	# You have added changes to these files to be committed:
 > > 	...
 > 
 > # These files have changes and are marked for commit:
 > 
 > >         # There are yet to be added changes to these files:
 > 
 > # These files have changes but are not marked for commit:
Does this better reflect that git tracks content and not files?
# Changes to these files will be committed:
# Changes to these files are not marked for commit:
BTW: how about also adding a hint how to review the changes in
question (i.e. diff --cached and diff; as an alternative to diff
--cached we could just advertise the --verbose switch to status and
commit).
Previous: Andy WhitcroftNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 7 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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