Re: [PATCH v1 5/6] Add porcelain V2 documentation to status manpage

From: Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 20, 2016, 15:55 UTC
Message-ID: <CANQwDwcjppbjfmgAf0pp_DHjF7pic153zkYHGeDKB70dxnw+9w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <578F9BC8.4040809@jeffhostetler.com>

On 20 July 2016 at 17:42, Jeff Hostetler <git@jeffhostetler.com> wrote:

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> On 07/20/2016 11:29 AM, Jakub Narębski wrote:
>> W dniu 2016-07-20 o 00:10, Jeff Hostetler pisze:
>>
>>> +Porcelain Format Version 2
>>> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> +
>>> +
>>> +If `--branch` is given, a header line showing branch tracking
>>> information
>>> +is printed.  This line begins with "### branch: ".  Fields are separated
>>> +by a single space.
>>> +
>>> +    Field                    Meaning
>>> +    --------------------------------------------------------
>>> +    <sha> | (initial)        Current commit
>>> +    <branch> | (detached)    Current branch
>>
>> I was wondering if all possible combinations are allowed.  It turns out
>> that for technical implementation reasons it is not possible to have
>> "(initial) (detached)".
>>
>> Just something I was wondering about, no need for any change...
>
> Right. I don't think that combination is possible.  Not sure how
> to document that succinctly.

I don't think it is something we need to document, at least not here.

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Jakub Narębski