Re: [RFC/PATCH] git-fetch: mega-terse fetch output
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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
- Date
- Oct 19, 2007, 14:52 UTC
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On Fri, 19 Oct 2007, Santi Béjar wrote:
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> I like it too. I would like to add some more descripton, because I > think for newbies the .. and ... can be overlooked. Something like: > > $ git fetch spearce > ... > URL: git://repo.or.cz/git/spearce.git > * (new) spearce/gitk: new branch 'gitk' > * 1aa3d01..e7187e4 spearce/maint: fast forward to branch 'maint' > * de61e42..7840ce6 spearce/master: fast forward to branch 'master' > * 895be02..2fe5433 spearce/next: fast forward to branch 'next' > + 89fa332...1e4c517 spearce/pu: forcing update to non-fast forward branch 'pu' > * (new) spearce/todo: new branch spearce/todo
Well, I don't like it as much. First I don't think newbies will care much more even if the type of update is spelled out verbosely. Better keep it short and add all the necessary information in the fetch man page instead.
Nicolas