From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 01:24:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] I don't known anyone who understands what it means when they do a merge and see "file.txt: needs update". "file.txt: has changes" is much clearer.
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In-Reply-To: <32541b130805031721n29cf470cx391fe0e8b4943706@mail.gmail.com>

"Avery Pennarun" <apenwarr@gmail.com> writes:

> On 5/3/08, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> > I ran all of the tests with the patch apply, and they all pass.  Is
>>  > that enough indication?
>>
>> Of course not.  Where does end-user scripts come into play when you are
>>  running the testsuite?
>
> I thought user scripts weren't supposed to rely on the porcelain
> output?  It seems to change rather frequently anyway.

Wasn't the patch about changing output from "update-index --refresh",
which is as low as you can get?