From: Michael J Gruber Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:16:48 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Added hint about using .gitignore in git status while printing untracked files Message-ID: <4B7D21A0.4000706@drmicha.warpmail.net> In-Reply-To: Peter Krefting venit, vidit, dixit 18.02.2010 10:59: > Pavan Kumar Sunkara: > >> + color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# (add it's path to .gitignore to >> intentionally untrack it)"); > > That should be "its", not "it is". > Also, an "or" may make things clearer, and "untrack" is wrong: to untrack is to stop tracking, but this is about untracked files. So, how about: --- wt-status.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c index 5807fc3..f17300f 100644 --- a/wt-status.c +++ b/wt-status.c @@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ static void wt_status_print_untracked_header(struct wt_status *s) if (!advice_status_hints) return; color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# (use \"git add ...\" to include in what will be committed)"); + color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "# (or add its path to .gitignore to ignore it permanently)"); color_fprintf_ln(s->fp, c, "#"); } --