Hi, On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Karl Hasselström wrote: > On 2006-03-07 11:05:47 +0530, Joshua N Pritikin wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 04:21:52PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > > > HEAD->index index->files > > > ------------------------------------------------ > > > hello.c unmodified modified > > > world.c modified unmodified > > > frotz.c new unmodified > > > ... > > > garbage.c~ ??? n/a > > > > For what it's worth, this chart immediately made sense to me and I > > would prefer it to the current git-status output. > > I agree. This kind of status information makes the whole index concept > an order of magnitude less confusing. In a way, it lets you learn what > the index is by example, rather than first having to learn what it is > in order to be able to grok the status information. I beg to differ. The index thing is complex enough as it is. You should not shy away potentially customers by such output at such often used place. Ciao, Dscho