[PATCH] Provide better feedback for the untracked only case in status output

[Juergen Ruehle <j.ruehle@xxxxxxxx>]

From: =?utf-8?q?J=C3=BCrgen_R=C3=BChle?= <j-r@xxxxxxxxx>

Since 98bf8a47c296f51ea9722fef4bb81dbfb70cd4bb status would claim that
git-commit could be useful even if there are no changes except untracked files.

Since wt-status is already computing all the information go the whole way and
separately track the (non-)emptiness of all three sections, unify the code, and
provide separate messages for each case. This adds a new message for the
untracked only case and adds an explanation for a completely empty working
directory during initial commit.

This change is effectively reverting 98bf8a47c296f51ea9722fef4bb81dbfb70cd4bb
and replacing it by a cleaner version.

Signed-off-by: Jürgen Rühle <j-r@xxxxxxxxx>
---
  Junio C Hamano writes:
   > I think it is Ok to give hints for untracked files -- with
   > experience eyes will learn to ignore them but by then they do
   > not need hints.  Please send in a correction as appropriate.

  This should provide useful feedback for the nothing to commit case in any
  situation. It is how I should have done it initially. Sorry for wasting your
  time.

  Still missing:

   - Further changes to the header messages (as discussed on the list)

   - Patches to every other file that contains these messages verbatim

     (AFAICS this affects only the git-reset man page, tutorial-2 and the VIM
      syntax highlighting)

 wt-status.c |   21 ++++++++++++---------
 wt-status.h |    6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index c48127d..5190bde 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ void wt_status_prepare(struct wt_status *s)
 	s->reference = "HEAD";
 	s->amend = 0;
 	s->verbose = 0;
-	s->commitable = 0;
 	s->untracked = 0;
 
-	s->workdir_clean = 1;
+	s->commitable = 0;
+	s->workdir_dirty = 0;
+	s->workdir_untracked = 0;
 }
 
 static void wt_status_print_cached_header(const char *reference)
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ static void wt_status_print_changed_cb(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 	struct wt_status *s = data;
 	int i;
 	if (q->nr) {
-		s->workdir_clean = 0;
+		s->workdir_dirty = 1;
 		wt_status_print_header("Changed but not added", use_add_msg);
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++)
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ static void wt_status_print_untracked(struct wt_status *s)
 				continue;
 		}
 		if (!shown_header) {
-			s->workdir_clean = 0;
+			s->workdir_untracked = 1;
 			wt_status_print_header("Untracked files", use_add_msg);
 			shown_header = 1;
 		}
@@ -311,12 +312,14 @@ void wt_status_print(struct wt_status *s)
 	if (!s->commitable) {
 		if (s->amend)
 			printf("# No changes\n");
-		else if (s->workdir_clean)
-			printf(s->is_initial
-			       ? "nothing to commit\n"
-			       : "nothing to commit (working directory matches HEAD)\n");
-		else
+		else if (s->workdir_dirty)
 			printf("no changes added to commit (use \"git add\" and/or \"git commit [-a|-i|-o]\")\n");
+		else if (s->workdir_untracked)
+			printf("nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use \"git add\" to track)\n");
+		else if (s->is_initial)
+			printf("nothing to commit (working directory is empty)\n");
+		else
+			printf("nothing to commit (working directory matches HEAD)\n");
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/wt-status.h b/wt-status.h
index 892a86c..cfea4ae 100644
--- a/wt-status.h
+++ b/wt-status.h
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ struct wt_status {
 	int is_initial;
 	char *branch;
 	const char *reference;
-	int commitable;
 	int verbose;
 	int amend;
 	int untracked;
-	int workdir_clean;
+	/* These are computed during processing of the individual sections */
+	int commitable;
+	int workdir_dirty;
+	int workdir_untracked;
 };
 
 int git_status_config(const char *var, const char *value);
-- 
1.5.0.rc0.g525e

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