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Re: [PATCH] "not uptodate" changed to "has local changes"

From
Wincent Colaiuta <win@wincent.com>
Date
May 17, 2008, 15:08 UTC
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El 17/5/2008, a las 12:04, Johannes Schindelin escribió:
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> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 17 May 2008, André Goddard Rosa wrote:
>
>> Is this user interface set on stone? I think we should reserve the  
>> right
>> to improve always.
>
> Umm.
>
> As has been mentioned, this is not a "user interface".  The message  
> you
> are seeing comes from a _plumbing_ program, i.e. something _not_  
> meant for
> human consumption.

That would indicate a problem, if stuff not intended for human consumption is being dished up for exactly that: human consumption.

> I still think that it might be better to add a command line option  
> with a
> custom message, because that would _not_ break backwards- 
> compatibility.

Sounds like clutter to me. I'd instead favor just holding back this patch until 1.6, when (minor) "compatibility breaking" changes would be acceptable.

Wincent
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Message 22 of 24 in “"not uptodate" changed to "has local changes"”
  1. "not uptodate" changed to "has local changes"Tim Harper, May 3, 2008
  2. Mike RalphsonMay 6, 2008
  3. André Goddard RosaMay 16, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinMay 16, 2008
  5. Holger SchurigMay 16, 2008
  6. Francis MoreauMay 16, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinMay 16, 2008
  8. Kevin BallardMay 16, 2008
  9. André Goddard RosaMay 17, 2008
  10. Johannes SchindelinMay 17, 2008
  11. Steven WalterMay 17, 2008
  12. Sverre RabbelierMay 17, 2008
  13. Johannes SchindelinMay 17, 2008
  14. Sverre RabbelierMay 17, 2008
  15. Re* [PATCH] "not uptodate" changed to "has local changes"Junio C Hamano, May 17, 2008
  16. Sverre RabbelierMay 17, 2008
  17. Wincent ColaiutaMay 19, 2008
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2008
  19. Sverre RabbelierMay 19, 2008
  20. Daniel BarkalowMay 19, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2008
  22. Wincent ColaiutaMay 17, 2008
  23. Matthieu MoyMay 17, 2008
  24. Sverre RabbelierMay 18, 2008

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