[ back from holiday ] Any opinion/update on this? I don't think I got any reply ... Thanks, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> writes: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> cat > expect << EOF >>> -file2: locally modified >>> +Unstaged changes after reset: >>> +M file2 >> >> It simply feels backwards when plumbing output says something in human >> language (e.g. "needs update") while Porcelain output spits out a cryptic >> M or U. If the goal is human-readability and user-friendliness, > > The goal here is just consistency. > > And I do consider 'git diff --name-status' as porcelain. > >> shouldn't we rather say: >> >> Path with local modifications: >> file2 >> >> or something? > > Why not, but if we do, we should also remove this "M" from other > places. It was already there in one error message given by 'git > rebase' in a non-clean tree (and you just accepted a patch giving the > same output for another one). -- Matthieu -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html