Re: [PATCH 1/2] fetch: better alignment in ref summary

From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: May 23, 2016, 01:59 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8BS2n8T1smxEJMPNiXBvMYHWnQ9BQGk_OKqJd1GFcuk7w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqfut9bnff.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 7:58 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> That is, I wonder if the above can become something like:
>
>> From github.com:pclouds/git
>>  * [new branch]      { -> pclouds/}2nd-index
>>  * [new branch]      { -> pclouds/}3nd-index
>>  * [new branch]      { -> pclouds/}file-watcher
>>  ...
>
> The above example borrows the idea used in diffstat label for
> renaming patch and I think you can design a better notataion, but a
> big point is that you can shorten the whole thing by not repeating
> the common part twice.  The arrow aligns merely as a side effect of
> the shortening, taking advantage of the fact that most people fetch
> with "$their_prefix/*:$our_prefix/*" renaming refspec.

I did think of that. My only concern is, with the new output I can't simply copy the ref name (e.g. pclouds/2nd-index) and use it to, say, examine with git-log. But I'm more of a "tab tab tab" person than "copy and paste", so I don't know how often people need to do that.

-- 
Duy