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Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] clone: simplify progress message

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 10, 2010, 05:47 UTC
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<20100510054756.GB13340@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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<4BE7166A.5030107@pcharlan.com>
On Sun, May 09, 2010 at 01:09:14PM -0700, Pete Harlan wrote:
> > I guess it comes down to how much detail we want to show.
> 
> For me it isn't only a matter of detail; I find "Cloning into
> bar/.git" misleading, since bar is getting more than a .git directory.

Yeah, I can buy that line of reasoning. Junio's nitpick aside, I think most users perceive the clone process as creating the whole "bar" directory.

> Thank you for looking at this.  I agree with you, and have added a
> second patch that implements that.

These patches look good to me. I agree with Junio about just squashing them.

-Peff
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Message 8 of 14 in “clone: have progress report mention top level dir, not git dir”
  1. clone: have progress report mention top level dir, not git dirPete Harlan, May 9, 2010
  2. Jeff KingMay 9, 2010
  3. 0/2 clone: simplify progress messagePete Harlan, May 9, 2010
  4. 1/2 clone: have progress report mention top level dir, not git dirPete Harlan, May 9, 2010
  5. 2/2 clone: add bare clone to the progress messagePete Harlan, May 9, 2010
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2010
  7. Pete HarlanMay 9, 2010
  8. Jeff KingMay 10, 2010
  9. Michael J GruberMay 10, 2010
  10. clone: report check out for non-bare clonesMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2010
  12. Michael J GruberMay 12, 2010
  13. Pete HarlanMay 10, 2010
  14. Michael J GruberMay 11, 2010

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