Re: [PATCH v5 4/9] fetch: print left-hand side when fetching HEAD:foo

From: Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>
Date: May 12, 2023, 00:16 UTC
Message-ID: <kl6lmt2az9ms.fsf@chooglen-macbookpro.roam.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <2cc7318697ef6062f6deadf7a22feb26c2c829e8.1683721293.git.ps@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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> This behaviour has existed ever since the table-based output has been
> introduced for git-fetch(1) via 165f390250 (git-fetch: more terse fetch
> output, 2007-11-03) and was never explicitly documented either in the
> commit message or in any of our tests. So while it may not be a bug per
> se, it feels like a weird inconsistency and not like it was a concious
> design decision.

The change seems well-justified. I agree that it does feel strange and unintended. I was really surprised to learn that it was not a bug.

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