Re: [WIP/PATCH 0/4] Re: Making error messages stand out

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Even better, make it available for some time with, say "git hints".
> After doing lots of things to resolve conflicts, I simply forget what
> it hinted me.

Actually, I don't think we should add a new command for that, but add
something to "git status", like

$ git status
# On branch master
# rebase in progress (use "git rebase --continue" to proceed)
# ...

Same would apply to conflicting merges. It's very common for beginners
(especially when they come from SVN) to start a merge, mis-read the
message telling you to commit once you fixed the conflicts, fix
conflicts, and continue hacking. A message in "git status" when
.git/MERGE_HEAD exists would help a bit, like (depending on whether
the index still has conflicts):

# merge in progress (fix conflicts below and commit)

# merge in progress (use "git commit" to proceed)


If one adds an option to make it all-caps, red, and blinking, then
I'll activate it for my students ;-).

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
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