From: Johannes Sixt Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:35:49 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] push: make non-fast-forward help message configurable Message-ID: <4AA4B7D5.2090407@viscovery.net> In-Reply-To: <20090907094457.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com> Nanako Shiraishi schrieb: > Quoting Junio C Hamano > >> Speaking of which, has anybody felt annoyed by this message? >> >> $ git reset --hard HEAD^^ >> HEAD is now at 3fb9d58 Do not scramble password read from .cvspass >> >> This is not "maybe you should try this", but I would consider that it >> falls into the same "I see you are trying to be helpful, but I know what I >> am doing, and you are stealing screen real estate from me without helping >> me at all, thank you very much" category. > > You may be fixated at the sha1 part of the message when you find this > message annoying, but I disagree strongly. I always appreciate the assurance > this message gives me that I counted the number of commits correctly, > whether I say HEAD^^^^ or HEAD~7. > > Showing the subject of the commit you are now at is very useful and I will > be equally irritated as you do if it starts showing the subject of the > commit I was at. I agree 100% with your reasoning. -- Hannes