From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:57:35 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 3/4] git-status: show short sequencer state
Message-ID: <7v390carf4.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <7v7gpoasf4.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Phil Hord <hordp@cisco.com> writes:
>
>>   # tokens and short-status
>>   $ git status --tree --short  
>>   ## changed-files
>>    M foo.txt
>
> Hrm, how will the existing readers of the output avoid getting
> confused by this overloading of "##", which has meant the current
> branch information?

That was a stupid question.

Existing readers do not know to give --tree to the command, so they
are perfectly OK.

It is however not OK for new readers that wants to read these
tree-wide state and also branch information.