Re: [PATCH] wt-status.c: Modified status message shown for a parent-less branch

From: Samuel Lijin <sxlijin@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 15, 2017, 11:43 UTC
Message-ID: <CAJZjrdXXGb-QrvJW9JusPT597QDnQD_shzVJq-5GN=hZCBJYeA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170615084248.elfsh4of5qdsk3pa@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 4:42 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 01:49:20PM +0530, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote:
>
> > What about, "not making any assumptions" about what the user would
> > think when he views the output of `git status` ? Why not try some
> > general messages like,
> >
> > * Staged changes
> > * Unstaged changes
> >
> > instead of the messages such as
> >
> > * Changes to be committed, Changes already in the index
> > * Changes not staged for commit, Changes not yet in the index
> >
> > which seem to make assumptions about the user who view the output ?
>
> Saying just "staged changes" is definitely accurate. I don't know if
> some users would find that too terse, too. The phrase "not staged for
> commit" gives more information if you don't know what "staged" means in
> the Git world.

Perhaps there should be a message pointing people at documentation explaining the index and staging terminology?

Offhand, this is something I was wondering about the other day - has there ever been a discussion of what level of proficiency Git expects of its users?

> -Peff