From: Matthieu Moy Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:50:08 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC] status: show tracking branch even no difference Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <46fb1948a57990b0ea737401f2d60f654da4bb4f.1375890091.git.worldhello.net@gmail.com> Jiang Xin writes: > With this patch, "git status" will report relationship between current > branch and its upstream counterpart even if there is no difference. > > $ git status > # On branch master > # Your branch is identical to its tracking branch: 'origin/master'. Why not, but we try to say "remote-tracking branch" instead of just "tracking". Adding "remote-" in your wording may make the line a bit long, but it may be sufficient to say # Your branch is identical to 'origin/master' That's consistant with other messages like # Your branch is ahead of '%s' by %d commits (And this would deserve a test) -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/