Re: [RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

2013-09-11 Thread Matthieu Moy
Junio C Hamano writes: > Matthieu Moy writes: > >> Junio C Hamano writes: >> >>> But at the same time, I feel that these redundant lines, especially >>> the latter one, would give the users a stronger cue than just saying >>> that "bar is Untracked"; "do X to include" reminds that bar will not

Re: [RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

2013-09-11 Thread Junio C Hamano
Matthieu Moy writes: > Junio C Hamano writes: > >> But at the same time, I feel that these redundant lines, especially >> the latter one, would give the users a stronger cue than just saying >> that "bar is Untracked"; "do X to include" reminds that bar will not >> be included if nothing is done

Re: [RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

2013-09-11 Thread Javier Domingo
That extra info doesn't occupy too much, and helps distinguish between sections. They do also remember you the commands to use (thought after some time using git, you may not need it). Cheers, Javier -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to maj

Re: [RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

2013-09-11 Thread John Szakmeister
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 3:24 AM, Matthieu Moy wrote: > Junio C Hamano writes: > >> But at the same time, I feel that these redundant lines, especially >> the latter one, would give the users a stronger cue than just saying >> that "bar is Untracked"; "do X to include" reminds that bar will not >>

Re: [RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

2013-09-11 Thread Matthieu Moy
Javier Domingo writes: > IMHO, It is alright as it is. > > I have been using git for 4~ years now, and I still find very useful > those lines. They are like a git status while committing, and it's the > key to avoid accidental commits of objects or forgetting files in a > commit. Having the list

Re: [RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

2013-09-11 Thread Javier Domingo
IMHO, It is alright as it is. I have been using git for 4~ years now, and I still find very useful those lines. They are like a git status while committing, and it's the key to avoid accidental commits of objects or forgetting files in a commit. Between that and that the commit message can't be em

Re: [RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

2013-09-11 Thread Matthieu Moy
Junio C Hamano writes: > But at the same time, I feel that these redundant lines, especially > the latter one, would give the users a stronger cue than just saying > that "bar is Untracked"; "do X to include" reminds that bar will not > be included if nothing is done. The one which draw my atten

Re: [RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

2013-09-10 Thread Chris Packham
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Matthieu Moy wrote: > Chris Packham writes: > >> On 10/09/13 21:19, Matthieu Moy wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I just noticed that the template COMMIT_EDITMSG was containing status >>> hints, and that they were not particularty helpfull _during_ a commit. I >>> think it

Re: [RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

2013-09-10 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Matthieu Moy wrote: > I just noticed that the template COMMIT_EDITMSG was containing status > hints, and that they were not particularty helpfull _during_ a commit. I > think it would be sensible to ignore advice.statusHints and disable > hints unconditionally when writting to COMMIT_EDITMSG. > >

Re: [RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

2013-09-10 Thread Junio C Hamano
Matthieu Moy writes: > Hi, > > I just noticed that the template COMMIT_EDITMSG was containing status > hints, and that they were not particularty helpfull _during_ a commit. I > think it would be sensible to ignore advice.statusHints and disable > hints unconditionally when writting to COMMIT_EDI

Re: [RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

2013-09-10 Thread Matthieu Moy
Chris Packham writes: > On 10/09/13 21:19, Matthieu Moy wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I just noticed that the template COMMIT_EDITMSG was containing status >> hints, and that they were not particularty helpfull _during_ a commit. I >> think it would be sensible to ignore advice.statusHints and disable >>

Re: [RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

2013-09-10 Thread Chris Packham
On 10/09/13 21:19, Matthieu Moy wrote: > Hi, > > I just noticed that the template COMMIT_EDITMSG was containing status > hints, and that they were not particularty helpfull _during_ a commit. I > think it would be sensible to ignore advice.statusHints and disable > hints unconditionally when writt

[RFC] Disabling status hints in COMMIT_EDITMSG

2013-09-10 Thread Matthieu Moy
Hi, I just noticed that the template COMMIT_EDITMSG was containing status hints, and that they were not particularty helpfull _during_ a commit. I think it would be sensible to ignore advice.statusHints and disable hints unconditionally when writting to COMMIT_EDITMSG. Any objection? -- Matthie