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Re: [PATCH 5/5] branch: show upstream branch when double verbose

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 13, 2009, 08:34 UTC
Message-ID
<20090413083413.GB9846@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<adf1fd3d0904090315x10b8c481g311832c40c450c47@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 12:15:08PM +0200, Santi Béjar wrote:
> I've been thinking about this and both formats seems OK for me,
> although using the +5 -6 format for just -v seems a good point.
The trivial patch for this is below:
---
diff --git a/builtin-branch.c b/builtin-branch.c
index 3275821..c056a4d 100644
--- a/builtin-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-branch.c
@@ -317,14 +317,14 @@ static void fill_tracking_info(struct strbuf *stat, const char *branch_name,
 
 	strbuf_addch(stat, '[');
 	if (show_upstream_ref)
-		strbuf_addf(stat, "%s: ",
+		strbuf_addf(stat, "%s ",
 			shorten_unambiguous_ref(branch->merge[0]->dst));
 	if (!ours)
-		strbuf_addf(stat, "behind %d] ", theirs);
+		strbuf_addf(stat, "-%d] ", theirs);
 	else if (!theirs)
-		strbuf_addf(stat, "ahead %d] ", ours);
+		strbuf_addf(stat, "+%d] ", ours);
 	else
-		strbuf_addf(stat, "ahead %d, behind %d] ", ours, theirs);
+		strbuf_addf(stat, "+%d -%d] ", ours, theirs);
 }
 
 static int matches_merge_filter(struct commit *commit)


I actually think it looks a bit ugly without the upstream name, as the
short bit in brackets blends in with the commit subject:

  next        1412037 [+2] shorter tracking format for branch -v

whereas I think this is better:

  next        1412037 [origin/next +2] shorter tracking format for branch -v

but I am still lukewarm on the concept personally (i.e., I am not
opposed, but I am not taking it further than the "how about this" patch
below, so if somebody thinks it is a good idea they should speak up and
advocate for it).

> Just to bikeshed a bit more :) we could use a format more similar to
> the "git fetch" output, like:
> 
>   next         c4628f8 [4...6 origin/next] Merge branch 'jk/no-perl' into next
>   next         c4628f8 [4.. origin/next] Merge branch 'jk/no-perl' into next
>   next         c4628f8 [..6 origin/next] Merge branch 'jk/no-perl' into next

Personally, I find that pretty ugly, and a bit confusing. The ".."
notation would make more sense if there were actual revisions on the end
and not numbers. But then of course you have to show the numbers
separately. Something like this makes at least has some logic to it:

  origin/next...next: 4,6
  origin/next..next: 4
  next..origin/next: 6

but it looks horribly ugly and is way more confusing than it needs to
be.

-Peff
Previous: Santi BéjarNext: Wincent Colaiuta
Message 17 of 24 in “making upstream branch information accessible”
  1. 0/5 making upstream branch information accessibleJeff King, Apr 7, 2009
  2. 1/5 for-each-ref: refactor get_short_ref functionJeff King, Apr 7, 2009
  3. 2/5 for-each-ref: refactor refname handlingJeff King, Apr 7, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2009
  5. Jeff KingApr 8, 2009
  6. 3/5 for-each-ref: add "upstream" format fieldJeff King, Apr 7, 2009
  7. 4/5 make get_short_ref a public functionJeff King, Apr 7, 2009
  8. Bert WesargApr 7, 2009
  9. Jeff KingApr 9, 2009
  10. Bert WesargApr 9, 2009
  11. Jeff KingApr 13, 2009
  12. Michael J GruberApr 7, 2009
  13. 5/5 branch: show upstream branch when double verboseJeff King, Apr 7, 2009
  14. Michael J GruberApr 7, 2009
  15. Jeff KingApr 9, 2009
  16. Santi BéjarApr 9, 2009
  17. Jeff KingApr 13, 2009
  18. Wincent ColaiutaApr 13, 2009
  19. Paolo CiarrocchiApr 7, 2009
  20. for-each-ref: remove multiple xstrdup() in get_short_ref()Bert Wesarg, Apr 7, 2009
  21. Jeff KingApr 7, 2009
  22. Bert WesargApr 7, 2009
  23. Jeff KingApr 7, 2009
  24. Bert WesargApr 7, 2009

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