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Re: [PATCH] document 'T' status from git-status

From
MDMark Dominus <mjd@icgroup.com>
Date
Oct 31, 2011, 14:04 UTC
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<4EAEAAE5.30209@icgroup.com>
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> It is trivial if
Yes, it was very stupid of me to miss that.
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> I dunno.
>
> An obvious alternative is to add T next to all occurrences of M in the
> table where we say "M is possible", but unless it is accompanied by an
> explanation "T is just a special case of M", I suspect the resulting
> description would be harder to understand than currently is, and as long
> as the reader understands "T is just a special case of M", then there
> isn't much point adding T everywhere M appears in the table anyway, so...

If you are suggesting that the patch you gave is preferable to actually including T in the table, then I agree. Your patch is also better than what I sent because it includes the unusual word "filetype", which the user is likely to search for after seeing it in the git-status output.

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  3. Mark DominusOct 30, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2011
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