From: Tim Harper <timcharper@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 20:10:48 GMT
Subject: 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.
Message-ID: <3DE78C03-DA35-4CB5-8D3D-0529A89065EC@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7v3aozwcj6.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

I ran all of the tests with the patch apply, and they all pass.  Is  
that enough indication?

Tim

On May 3, 2008, at 10:57 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> On Sat, 3 May 2008, Tim Harper wrote:
>>
>>> -			printf("%s: needs update\n", ce->name);
>>> +			printf("%s: has changes\n", ce->name);
>>
>> How about "local changes"?
>
> Aren't there Porcelain and end-user scripts that relies on the  
> output by
> doing "sed -ne s'/: needs update$//p"?
>