On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Matthieu Moy <matthieu....@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote: > For example, it makes the output of git status look like: > > # On branch master > # Changes to be committed: > # (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage) > # Set advice.statusHints to false to turn off this message > # > # modified: foo.txt > # > # Changes not staged for commit: > # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) > # (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory) > # Set advice.statusHints to false to turn off this message > # > # modified: foo.txt > # > # Untracked files: > # (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) > # Set advice.statusHints to false to turn off this message > # > # bar.txt
And two more lines on my output: no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a") Set advice.statusHints to false to turn off this message > I think it's going really too far in verbosity, the actual information > is hidden by the advices. We could make it only one extra line in this case by prepending "hint: " before the advice and say "you could turn the hints off by setting advice.statusHints" at the end. Not applicable in general though. >> (which is good, more motivation to turn advice off). > > I disagree. Having advices turned on doesn't harm anyone. I don't > remember anyone complaining about the verbosity of Git's advices. I've > seen *many* more people complaining about the user-unfriendliness of > Git. "git status" is actually quite verbose, but the advice only plays a part of it. So, not an actual complaint from me about the advice alone. >> - " git checkout -b new_branch_name\n\n"; >> + " git checkout -b new_branch_name\n" >> + "Set either advice.detachedHead to false to turn off this message\n\n" > ^^^^^^ > > Wrong cut-and paste from "... either XXX or YYY ..."? (repeated several > times below). Cut&Paste mistake. -- Duy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
