On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 09:44:57AM +0900, Nanako Shiraishi wrote: > Quoting Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > > > Speaking of which, has anybody felt annoyed by this message? > > > > $ git reset --hard HEAD^^ > > HEAD is now at 3fb9d58 Do not scramble password read from .cvspass > > > > This is not "maybe you should try this", but I would consider that it > > falls into the same "I see you are trying to be helpful, but I know what I > > am doing, and you are stealing screen real estate from me without helping > > me at all, thank you very much" category. > > You may be fixated at the sha1 part of the message when you find this message annoying, but I disagree strongly. I always appreciate the assurance this message gives me that I counted the number of commits correctly, whether I say HEAD^^^^ or HEAD~7. > > Showing the subject of the commit you are now at is very useful and I will be equally irritated as you do if it starts showing the subject of the commit I was at. I'd say both are equally interesting information. Mike -- 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