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[PATCH 0/1] [Outreachy] [RFC] add: use advise function to display hints

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Heba Waly via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 2, 2020, 03:04 UTC
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<pull.508.git.1577934241.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

The advise function in advice.c provides a neat and a standard format for hint messages, i.e: the text is colored in yellow and the line starts by the word "hint:".

This patch suggests using this advise function whenever displaying hints to improve the user experience, as the user's eyes will get used to the format and will scan the screen for the yellow hints whenever confused instead of reading all the output lines looking for advice.

Heba Waly (1):
  add: use advise function to display hints
 builtin/add.c  | 4 ++--
 t/t3700-add.sh | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
base-commit: 0a76bd7381ec0dbb7c43776eb6d1ac906bca29e6
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-508%2FHebaWaly%2Fformatting_hints-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-508/HebaWaly/formatting_hints-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/508
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  1. 0/1 [Outreachy] [RFC] add: use advise function to display hintsHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Jan 2, 2020
  2. 1/1 add: use advise function to display hintsHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Jan 2, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2020
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2020
  5. Heba WalyJan 7, 2020
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2020
  7. Heba WalyJan 7, 2020
  8. Emily ShafferJan 6, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2020
  10. Heba WalyJan 7, 2020
  11. Emily ShafferJan 6, 2020
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2020
  13. 0/1 [Outreachy] add: use advise function to display hintsHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Jan 7, 2020
  14. 1/1 add: use advise function to display hintsHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Jan 7, 2020
  15. Emily ShafferJan 27, 2020
  16. Heba WalyJan 29, 2020
  17. Jonathan TanJan 28, 2020
  18. Heba WalyJan 29, 2020
  19. add: use advice API to display hintsHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Jan 30, 2020
  20. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2020
  21. Heba WalyJan 31, 2020
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2020
  23. Heba WalyFeb 5, 2020
  24. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2020
  25. Heba WalyFeb 5, 2020
  26. Junio C HamanoFeb 5, 2020

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