Re: [PATCH v4 2/4] worktree: be clearer when "add" dwim-ery kicks in

> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 3:26 AM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 6:22 PM, Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Currently there is no indication in the "git worktree add" output that
> >> a new branch was created.  This would be especially useful information
> >> in the case where the dwim of "git worktree add <path>" kicks in, as the
> >> user didn't explicitly ask for a new branch, but we create one from
> >> them.
> >>
> >> Print some additional output showing that a branch was created and the
> >> branch name to help the user.
> >> [...]
> >> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
> >> ---
> >> diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
> >> @@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ static int add_worktree(const char *path, const char *refname,
> >> +       if (opts->new_branch)
> >> +               fprintf(stderr, _("creating new branch '%s'"), opts->new_branch);
> >> +
> >>         fprintf(stderr, _("worktree HEAD is now at %s"),
> >>                 find_unique_abbrev(commit->object.oid.hash, DEFAULT_ABBREV));
> >
> > The "creating" message is missing a newline, which results in rather
> > ugly output:
> >
> >     creating new branch 'foo'worktree HEAD is now at ...
> 
> Also, I believe that the agreement[1] was that this message should say
> merely "creating branch", not "creating _new_ branch". And, indeed,
> patch 4/4 stealthily drops "new" from the message, but it really ought
> to be introduced with correct text in this patch, not fixed by 4/4.