Re: [PATCH] git status -q (similar to subversion)

From: Martin Renold <martinxyz@gmx.ch>
Date: Jun 30, 2009, 15:14 UTC
Message-ID: <20090630151442.GA20688@old.homeip.net>
In-Reply-To: <20090630053304.GB29643@sigio.peff.net>

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 01:33:05AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

> If it is convenience you want, perhaps you would be even happier with:
>   git config status.showUntrackedFiles no

No, that doesn't help in my usecase. I want to be reminded about the untracked files by default because I intend to clean them up later.

> [...] but we have to deal with the fact that "git status" is really a
> dry-run version of "git commit", which already has a "-q" option

Good point. However I think those commands are similar only from an implementation point of view. As an user I think of them as being quite different. I would not be surprised about different meaning of options - certainly less than about "git commit -a" vs "git add -u".

> So I am a little hesitant to endorse its use in "git status" for something
> unrelated (and I am hesitant to have redundant command line options, as
> well).

Yes I understand that. I'm using a wrapper script for now, but if it was any other one-letter shortcut, I would prefer to learn that instead.

bye, Martin