From: Nanako Shiraishi Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:44:57 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] push: make non-fast-forward help message configurable Message-ID: <20090907094457.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> In-Reply-To: <7vzl98fr22.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Quoting Junio C Hamano > 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. -- Nanako Shiraishi http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/