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Re: [PATCH] I don't known anyone who understands what it means when they do a merge and see "file.txt: needs update". "file.txt: has changes" is much clearer.

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Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date
May 5, 2008, 16:35 UTC
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On 5/3/08, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> "Avery Pennarun" <apenwarr@gmail.com> writes:
>  > On 5/3/08, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>  >> Of course not.  Where does end-user scripts come into play when you are
>  >>  running the testsuite?
>  >
>  > I thought user scripts weren't supposed to rely on the porcelain
>  > output?  It seems to change rather frequently anyway.
>
> Wasn't the patch about changing output from "update-index --refresh",
>  which is as low as you can get?

Hmm, perhaps the problem then is that we're using plumbing output and presenting it to the user as part of the porcelain. Is there an elegant way to fix that?

Avery
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  1. I don't known anyone who understands what it means when they do a merge and see "file.txt: needs update". "file.txt: has changes" is much clearer.Tim Harper, May 3, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinMay 3, 2008
  3. Tim HarperMay 3, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 3, 2008
  5. Tim HarperMay 3, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2008
  7. Avery PennarunMay 4, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 4, 2008
  9. Avery PennarunMay 5, 2008
  10. Jeff KingMay 5, 2008
  11. Tim HarperMay 6, 2008
  12. Johannes SchindelinMay 4, 2008
  13. Matt GrahamMay 3, 2008

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