Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] bash completion: Support "divergence from upstream" warnings in __git_ps1

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 14, 2010, 03:13 UTC
Message-ID: <7v7hm2e27z.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <93842467ca22405712cab23a9b3920c106df0f17.1276336602.git.trast@student.ethz.ch>

Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:

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> +#       If you would like to see the difference between HEAD and its upstream,
> +#       set GIT_PS1_SHOWUPSTREAM to one of the following:
> +#           git          use @{upstream}
> +#           svn          attempt to DWIM svn upstream for normal and --stdlayout
> +#           ref <ref>    unconditionally use <ref>
> +#           eval <code>  evaluate <code> which should print the commit to use

This looks somewhat overengineered, although "git" and "svn" are probably useful in real life. I especially wonder if a fixed <ref> is useful at all. Wouldn't the choice of "other" branch always depend on the current branch?