From: Dragan Simic Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:51:31 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Introduce -t, --table for status/add commands Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On 2023-10-23 22:19, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 12:29:12PM -0700, Jacob Stopak wrote: >> Those arrows showing how things move only really apply to "simulating" >> (dry runs) for specific commands like add, restore, rm, commit, stash, >> etc, so making the --table proposal a default status output would >> still >> miss those scenarios. >> > you're too focused on the status quo of your own tool. :-) > there is really nothing that would speak against the real commands > reporting what they just *actually did*. this would seem rather > helpful for noobs and other insecure users. > if one really wanted, "you can also use this with --dry-run" could be > part of the hint that would say how to turn off the extra verbosity > (or just the hint itself, if one likes the verbosity). The hint should be about how to turn the tables and verbosity on, not how to get rid of it. > one could even go one step further and put at least the destructive > commands into interactive/confirmation mode by default. but that's > probably a bridge too far, as it would be potentially habit-forming in > a bad way. > > regards