Re: [suggestion] Include commit-ish in git status output
On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Mahmoud Al-Qudsi <mqudsi@neosmart.net> wrote:
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> Hello all,
>
> I hope it is not considered too forward of me for my first post to this list
> to be a suggestion on a change to git’s behavior (though not in any
> functional manner); but a persistent frustration for me and everyone I’ve
> worked with (so, yes, 100% based off of anecdata) has been that the output
> of `git status` does not include the commit or commit-ish, and one must
> resort to a `git rev-parse HEAD` call.
Can you elaborate on why you consider this useful specifically?
Do you think adding a $(git rev-parse HEAD) to your PS1 would do the trick?
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> I apologize unreservedly if this matter has already been discussed and put to
> rest; I attempted to search the archives for a reference to this suggestion but
> was not met with any matches.
>
> Additionally, if this list is not the right place to make such a suggestion,
> then I would appreciate if someone could kindly point me in the correct
> direction and apologize for littering.
No worries, you're in the right place.
> Thank you kindly,
>
> Mahmoud Al-Qudsi
> NeoSmart Technologies
Samuel Lijin <sxlijin@gmail.com>