Re: [PATCH v1 5/6] Add porcelain V2 documentation to status manpage

From: Jeff Hostetler <git@jeffhostetler.com>
Date: Jul 20, 2016, 15:42 UTC
Message-ID: <578F9BC8.4040809@jeffhostetler.com>
In-Reply-To: <578F98BC.9060201@gmail.com>

On 07/20/2016 11:29 AM, Jakub Narębski wrote:

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> W dniu 2016-07-20 o 00:10, Jeff Hostetler pisze:
>
>> +Porcelain Format Version 2
>> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> +
>> +
>> +If `--branch` is given, a header line showing branch tracking information
>> +is printed.  This line begins with "### branch: ".  Fields are separated
>> +by a single space.
>> +
>> +    Field                    Meaning
>> +    --------------------------------------------------------
>> +    <sha> | (initial)        Current commit
>> +    <branch> | (detached)    Current branch
>
> I was wondering if all possible combinations are allowed.  It turns out
> that for technical implementation reasons it is not possible to have
> "(initial) (detached)".
>
> Just something I was wondering about, no need for any change...
>

Right. I don't think that combination is possible. Not sure how to document that succinctly.

Jeff