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Re: git UI nit

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Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
Date
Dec 6, 2006, 16:04 UTC
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Jakub Narebski escreveu:
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> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
>>
>>> Johannes Schindelin escreveu:
>>>>                     }
>>>>                     if (quiet)
>>>>                             continue;
>>>> -                   printf("%s: needs update\n", ce->name);
>>>> +                   printf("%s: dirty; needs commit\n", ce->name);
>>> Yes - I'd just mention revert as an option too. 
>> Actually, I like it that short.
> 
> So why not simply use "%s: dirty\n"?
because a newbie doesn't know how to resolve that problem.
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