From: Junio C Hamano Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:46:20 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] runstatus: restructure visual appearance Message-ID: <7v3b7koc6b.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <8c5c35580612120330n36bcdd00p57b2a7cd1d6c801@mail.gmail.com> "Lars Hjemli" writes: > On 12/2/06, Lars Hjemli wrote: >> This is a rather subjective 'improvement', but I think it makes the commit >> message easier to comprehend and I hope that goes for both new and >> experienced users. > > Just wondering if this patch got dropped or simply overlooked... I looked at the patch, and I was neutral to slightly negative (but only slightly. I thought M vs M+ was too subtle and cryptic until the user gets used to them). I however did not see overwhelming support from the list, so I did not further think about it. One thing that was mentioned in the past on the list about the output from git-status was that we do not make mode changes stand out, and people can mistakenly do something silly to change the -x bit and the current git-status would only say: modified: git-foobar.sh which would not help them notice the mistake, as a result, accidental mode change can get committed. If we are designing a new format to make git-status output more compact and easier to understand, I think it should also attempt to address this problem as well.