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Re: git UI nit

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 6, 2006, 16:23 UTC
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<200612061723.23515.jnareb@gmail.com>
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Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
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> Jakub Narebski escreveu:
>> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>> 
>>> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
>>>
>>>> Johannes Schindelin escreveu:
>>>>>                     }
>>>>>                     if (quiet)
>>>>>                             continue;
>>>>> -                   printf("%s: needs update\n", ce->name);
>>>>> +                   printf("%s: dirty; needs commit\n", ce->name);
>>>> Yes - I'd just mention revert as an option too. 
>>> Actually, I like it that short.
>> 
>> So why not simply use "%s: dirty\n"?
> 
> because a newbie doesn't know how to resolve that problem.

But there are [at least] two ways to resolve this: commit or revert (reset).

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Jakub Narebski
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  5. Jakub NarebskiDec 6, 2006
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