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Re: Please, paint new branch errors in RED (or any visible color)

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 11, 2021, 02:30 UTC
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On Fri, Dec 10 2021, Jose Wielandt wrote:
> Yes, I git switch has the same behavior.
> I also agree that add hints could be a good idea.
I'll pick up this topic.

I have some patches I'm trickling in to improve the general UX of these fatal/error/warning/hint etc. messages, one part of that is trying to get this RFC series in incrementally (some patches are already on-list: https://lore.kernel.org/git/RFC-cover-00.21-00000000000-20211115T220831Z-avarab@gmail.com/

Adding color to the output would be relatively easy. I'll get to it, and feel free to send me a reminder in some months (which is realistically when you'd see it in a release) if you don't see it.

Thanks for the suggestion, & for caring about git's UX.
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  1. Jose WielandtDec 10, 2021
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 10, 2021
  3. Fabian StelzerDec 10, 2021
  4. Jose WielandtDec 10, 2021
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 11, 2021
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2021
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 12, 2021
  8. Eric SunshineDec 12, 2021

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