From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 08 May 2017 06:07:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] Add warning when git discard changes on another branch?
Message-ID: <xmqq60hb9915.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170508122705.GB3540@HP>

Yubin Ruan <ablacktshirt@gmail.com> writes:

> That would be helpful. But, frankly, if a user would be aware of that `advice.*'
> variable, he would have enough knowledge of Git to be aware of that situation.
> So, I think that 'M lala.txt' in transitions from branch to branch would be
> sufficient.

Ah, you got the advice.* thing wrong.  The "advice" messages are by
default noisy, and experts can turn them down by setting advice.* to
"false", saying "I know Git well enough that I do not need handholding
in this area."

So a newbie does not have to know about "advice.*".  When s/he gets
experienced enough to get annoyed by noisy messages, s/he can tune
it out.