From: Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:16:07 GMT
Subject: Re: What exactly does 'needs update' mean?
Message-ID: <4C9E0427.9080901@workspacewhiz.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vk4manyql.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

  ----- Original Message -----
From: Junio C Hamano
Date: 9/25/2010 12:06 AM
> Joshua Jensen<jjensen@workspacewhiz.com>  writes:
>>   I've come to accept the term 'needs update' when I've forgotten to
>> stash or commit before certain Git operations.  However, I got
>> cornered today and was asked to explain what it means.  I had to admit
>> I don't know.
> It came from "you need to run update-index on that path, as you have local
> modification in the working tree".
Okay, your description makes sense to me, and I'll be able to explain 
what it means.

I did a Google search before I posted here.  It turns out this phrase is 
*very* confusing to others.  Casual Joes don't use the plumbing commands 
(which I assume git update-index is).  Is there opposition to 
modernizing this turn to make it more clear based on the porcelain 
commands being run?

Thanks.

Josh