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Re: A tour of git: the basics (and notes on some unfriendly messages)

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Sep 30, 2007, 12:44 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0709301343000.28395@racer.site>
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Hi,
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Steffen Prohaska wrote:
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> 
> On Sep 30, 2007, at 12:25 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> writes:
> > 
> > > - git push: prints updates of remote heads. A message about
> > >   failing to update a remote head may get lost.
> > 
> > Please do not remove the report of successful update, as people often 
> > say "git push" or "git push $there" without explicitly saying which 
> > refs to push.  When pushing out to publish, I say "git push ko" (to 
> > mean k.org) and I _want_ my positive feedback.
> 
> Yes but it's pretty technical.
> 
> A much simpler output could be easier to scan by a human
> 
> updating 'refs/heads/master' .. fast forward .. ok.
> updating 'refs/heads/pu' .. forced non-fast forward .. ok.
> updating 'refs/heads/next' ..
> ERROR: 'refs/heads/next' not updating to non-fast forward
> exit(1) here.
No, please no.  This is way too short.

If at all, please let 8c3275abcacb83ea3f4c4f4ceb2376799fc282bd be an example, and make git respect several different output levels, but not changing the default (at first).

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 21 of 26 in “A tour of git: the basics (and notes on some unfriendly messages)”
  1. Carl WorthSep 28, 2007
  2. Shawn O. PearceSep 29, 2007
  3. Johannes SchindelinSep 29, 2007
  4. Steffen ProhaskaSep 29, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinSep 29, 2007
  6. Steffen ProhaskaSep 29, 2007
  7. WinGit: included /bin/start in the installerSteffen Prohaska, Sep 29, 2007
  8. WinGit: include html pages from official git.git's html branchSteffen Prohaska, Sep 29, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinSep 29, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2007
  11. Johannes SchindelinSep 29, 2007
  12. Steffen ProhaskaSep 30, 2007
  13. Pierre HabouzitSep 29, 2007
  14. Wincent ColaiutaSep 30, 2007
  15. Pierre HabouzitSep 30, 2007
  16. Wincent ColaiutaSep 30, 2007
  17. Steffen ProhaskaSep 29, 2007
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2007
  19. Steffen ProhaskaSep 30, 2007
  20. Junio C HamanoSep 30, 2007
  21. Johannes SchindelinSep 30, 2007
  22. Steffen ProhaskaSep 30, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2007
  24. Carl WorthSep 30, 2007
  25. Carl WorthSep 30, 2007
  26. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 29, 2007

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