Re: [PATCH 3/4] push: make non-fast-forward help message configurable
On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 09:44:57AM +0900, Nanako Shiraishi wrote:
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> Quoting Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
>
> > Speaking of which, has anybody felt annoyed by this message?
> >
> > $ git reset --hard HEAD^^
> > HEAD is now at 3fb9d58 Do not scramble password read from .cvspass
> >
> > This is not "maybe you should try this", but I would consider that it
> > falls into the same "I see you are trying to be helpful, but I know what I
> > am doing, and you are stealing screen real estate from me without helping
> > me at all, thank you very much" category.
>
> You may be fixated at the sha1 part of the message when you find this message annoying, but I disagree strongly. I always appreciate the assurance this message gives me that I counted the number of commits correctly, whether I say HEAD^^^^ or HEAD~7.
>
> Showing the subject of the commit you are now at is very useful and I will be equally irritated as you do if it starts showing the subject of the commit I was at.
I'd say both are equally interesting information.
Mike