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Re: command prompt script for current branch

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SSStephen Sinclair <radarsat1@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 6, 2008, 22:13 UTC
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<9b3e2dc20802061413v5dbe349axe43a4af263e39878@mail.gmail.com>
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> > Attached is a script I quickly wrote up yesterday.  Sometimes I've
> > found I started working only to realize I was on the wrong branch.
> > (Now that I'm accustomed to working with git, I make many small
> > branches, so it happens.)
>
> First, it is much better to put such script inline, in the body of
> your email.  This makes commenting about script body much easier.
> And if you have to attach it, for example because your mailer mangles
> whitespace (which is not the case here), make sure that attachement
> uses "text/plain", and if possible "inline" disposition, to better
> _view_ the code without need to save it to temporary file.
>
> I would take an exeption and comment on your code, even though you
> make it hard to do so.

Thank you. Since there's already a solution for this in contrib, (didn't see it, sorry), I'll just take your recommendations on coding style for any future stuff I do.

Steve
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Message 15 of 16 in “command prompt script for current branch”
  1. Stephen SinclairFeb 6, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2008
  3. Improve bash prompt to detect merge / rebase in progressRobin Rosenberg, Feb 6, 2008
  4. Robin RosenbergFeb 6, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2008
  6. Robin RosenbergFeb 7, 2008
  7. Shawn O. PearceFeb 7, 2008
  8. Steffen ProhaskaFeb 8, 2008
  9. Johannes SchindelinFeb 8, 2008
  10. Steffen ProhaskaFeb 8, 2008
  11. Make git-completion.bash a first-class citizenJohannes Schindelin, Feb 8, 2008
  12. Jakub NarebskiFeb 6, 2008
  13. Mike HommeyFeb 6, 2008
  14. Jakub NarebskiFeb 6, 2008
  15. Stephen SinclairFeb 6, 2008
  16. Jakub NarebskiFeb 6, 2008

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