Re: [PATCH] I don't known anyone who understands what it means when they do a merge and see "file.txt: needs update". "file.txt: has changes" is much clearer.

From: Matt Graham <mdg149@gmail.com>
Date: May 3, 2008, 15:24 UTC
Message-ID: <1c5969370805030824h3ecdb967ub0c57f6fc9cbba58@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1209798522-13618-1-git-send-email-timcharper@gmail.com>

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 3:08 AM, Tim Harper <timcharper@gmail.com> wrote:

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> ---
>   read-cache.c |    2 +-
>   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
>  diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
>  index a92b25b..971667d 100644
>  --- a/read-cache.c
>  +++ b/read-cache.c
>  @@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ int refresh_index(struct index_state *istate, unsigned int flags, const char **p
>                         }
>                         if (quiet)
>                                 continue;
>  -                       printf("%s: needs update\n", ce->name);
>  +                       printf("%s: has changes\n", ce->name);
>                         has_errors = 1;
>                         continue;
>                 }
>  --
>  1.5.5.1

Yes, "needs update" is definitely cryptic and confusing.