From: Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:16:42 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Introduce -t, --table for status/add commands
Message-ID: <ZTa4iqe0lqn/Yg5L@ugly>
In-Reply-To: <ZTatzlzCkPOW3Rn7.jacob@initialcommit.io>

On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 10:30:54AM -0700, Jacob Stopak wrote:
>On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 04:34:15PM +0200, Dragan Simic wrote:
>> On 2023-10-23 12:52, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
>> > i for one think that it would be a perfectly valid experiment to go
>> > all-in and beyond with jacob's proposal - _and make it the default_
>> 
>> I'd never support that, FWIW.
>
>FWIW, I'd _never suggest_ that.
>
why, though?
doing that would extend the feature's reach about two orders of 
magnitude among newbies, which is where it matters most.

>I very much value Git's current usage and wouldn't dream to make this 
>the default.
>
making the default output format somewhat more verbose wouldn't really 
"change the usage", though. and being able to permanently get rid of it 
with a single command should alleviate any _reasonable_ concerns about 
habit disruption.

regards