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Re: unmerged files listed in the beginning of git-status

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BLbill lam <cbill.lam@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 2, 2009, 09:04 UTC
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<20090902090401.GA11464@debian.b2j>
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<200909012140.08953.j6t@kdbg.org>
On Tue, 01 Sep 2009, Johannes Sixt wrote:
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> > But unmerged entries are something you need to deal with _first_ before
> > being able to go further, so in that sense it is more important than
> > anything else in the traditional output.
> 
> This is actually an argument to place the unmerged entries *last* because this 
> is what will be visible after 'git status' finished. Remember that we don't 
> pass its output through the pager.

If output of git-status is read indirectly such as by gui client, then it usually shows the top portion, in such cases, it might be desirable to put unmerged file (the most important port) immediately visible. But I don't have that experience.

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Message 34 of 34 in “unmerged files listed in the beginning of git-status”
  1. bill lamSep 1, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2009
  3. Johannes SixtSep 1, 2009
  4. status: list unmerged files after staged filesJohannes Sixt, Sep 1, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 1, 2009
  6. status: list unmerged files lastJohannes Sixt, Sep 1, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2009
  8. bill lamSep 2, 2009
  9. Jeff KingSep 2, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2009
  11. Jeff KingSep 2, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 2, 2009
  13. Jeff KingSep 2, 2009
  14. David AguilarSep 2, 2009
  15. Jeff KingSep 2, 2009
  16. David AguilarSep 3, 2009
  17. Jeff KingSep 5, 2009
  18. Jeff KingSep 5, 2009
  19. 1/6 status: typo fix in usageJeff King, Sep 5, 2009
  20. 2/6 docs: note that status configuration affects only long formatJeff King, Sep 5, 2009
  21. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2009
  22. 3/6 status: refactor short-mode printing to its own functionJeff King, Sep 5, 2009
  23. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2009
  24. 4/6 status: refactor format option parsingJeff King, Sep 5, 2009
  25. 5/6 status: add --porcelain output formatJeff King, Sep 5, 2009
  26. 6/6 commit: support alternate status formatsJeff King, Sep 5, 2009
  27. Jeff KingSep 5, 2009
  28. Johannes SixtSep 2, 2009
  29. Mark BrownSep 2, 2009
  30. Jeff KingSep 2, 2009
  31. Mark BrownSep 2, 2009
  32. Jeff KingSep 5, 2009
  33. Mark BrownSep 5, 2009
  34. bill lamSep 2, 2009

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