Re: [PATCH] wt-status.c: Modified status message shown for a parent-less branch

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Jun 15, 2017, 08:42 UTC
Message-ID: <20170615084248.elfsh4of5qdsk3pa@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <1497514760.2394.6.camel@gmail.com>

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 01:49:20PM +0530, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote:

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> What about, "not making any assumptions" about what the user would
> think when he views the output of `git status` ? Why not try some
> general messages like, 
> 
> * Staged changes
> * Unstaged changes
> 
> instead of the messages such as 
> 
> * Changes to be committed, Changes already in the index
> * Changes not staged for commit, Changes not yet in the index
> 
> which seem to make assumptions about the user who view the output ?

Saying just "staged changes" is definitely accurate. I don't know if some users would find that too terse, too. The phrase "not staged for commit" gives more information if you don't know what "staged" means in the Git world.

-Peff