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Standardization of messages - dot after the sentence

Subject: Standardization of messages - dot after the sentence

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4 messages between Sep 5, 2015 and Sep 9, 2015.

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sigo· Sep 5, 2015, 12:22 UTC · lore
I've found really "little bug" with dots in the git output.

$ git push Everything up-to-date

git pull Already up-to-date.

Could all phrases contain dots? :)
Michael J Gruber· Sep 7, 2015, 07:14 UTC · re: sigo · lore

Re: Standardization of messages - dot after the sentence

sigo venit, vidit, dixit 05.09.2015 14:22:
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> I've found really "little bug" with dots in the git output.
> 
> $ git push
> Everything up-to-date
> 
> git pull
> Already up-to-date.
> 
> Could all phrases contain dots? :)
> 

In this case, also both messages mean the same but are phrased differently, which is suboptimal in more than one way.

It would be good to change them systematically (not just in these 2 spots) - and that would make for a perfect first foray into submitting patches, hint hint hint :)

Michael
Junio C Hamano· Sep 8, 2015, 18:16 UTC · re: Michael J Gruber · lore

Re: Standardization of messages - dot after the sentence

Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
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> sigo venit, vidit, dixit 05.09.2015 14:22:
>> I've found really "little bug" with dots in the git output.
>> 
>> $ git push
>> Everything up-to-date
>> 
>> git pull
>> Already up-to-date.
>> 
>> Could all phrases contain dots? :)
>> 
>
> In this case, also both messages mean the same but are phrased
> differently, which is suboptimal in more than one way.

I do not particularly care between these two commands, but I think "git pull" says the same "Already up-to-date" in two situations that are two quite different ones. That ambiguity bothers me a lot more.

Michael J Gruber· Sep 9, 2015, 07:41 UTC · re: Junio C Hamano · lore

Re: Standardization of messages - dot after the sentence

Junio C Hamano venit, vidit, dixit 08.09.2015 20:16:
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> Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
> 
>> sigo venit, vidit, dixit 05.09.2015 14:22:
>>> I've found really "little bug" with dots in the git output.
>>>
>>> $ git push
>>> Everything up-to-date
>>>
>>> git pull
>>> Already up-to-date.
>>>
>>> Could all phrases contain dots? :)
>>>
>>
>> In this case, also both messages mean the same but are phrased
>> differently, which is suboptimal in more than one way.
> 
> I do not particularly care between these two commands, but I think
> "git pull" says the same "Already up-to-date" in two situations that
> are two quite different ones.  That ambiguity bothers me a lot more.
I think both are bad in the same way:

If a user sees two different messages she rightfully assumes there is a difference. If she sees two same messages she righfully assumes there is no difference.

Besides: l10n...
Michael

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