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Re: Getting started contributing.

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 3, 2013, 19:46 UTC
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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> On the other hand, there probably still are many loose ends.
>
> A few other things
>
>  - Mark more strings for translation (not as easy as it sounds, some
> strings can't be translated)

True, but not a good advice for somebody new, exactly for the reason you stated, i.e. some strings must not be translated.

>  - Color more in the output where it makes sense
Eeek.
>  - Stop/Warn the user from updating HEAD (e.g. checkout another
> branch) while in the middle of a rebase (some makes sense, most is by
> mistake)

Perhaps, but again probably not for somebody new who hasn't mastered various workflows and understood why it may make sense to allow it.

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Message 6 of 9 in “Getting started contributing.”
  1. adamfraserFeb 3, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2013
  3. Matthieu MoyFeb 4, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2013
  5. Duy NguyenFeb 3, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2013
  7. adamfraserFeb 4, 2013
  8. Philip OakleyFeb 3, 2013
  9. Matthieu MoyFeb 4, 2013

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