On 15.03.13 22:59, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx> writes: > >> Thanks, that looks good to me: >> >> # It took 2.58 seconds to enumerate untracked files. >> # Consider the -u option for a possible speed-up? >> >> But: >> If I follow the advice as is given and use "git status -u", the result is the same. > > Yeah, that was taken from > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/215820/focus=218125 > > to which I said something about "more levels of indirections". This > episode shows that even a user who was very well aware of the issue > did not follow a single level of indirection. > >> If I think loud, would it be better to say: >> >> # It took 2.58 seconds to search for untracked files. >> # Consider the -uno option for a possible speed-up? >> >> or >> >> # It took 2.58 seconds to search for untracked files. >> # Consider the -u option for a possible speed-up? >> # Please see git help status > > The former actively hurts the users, but the latter would be good, > given that your documentation updates clarifies the trade off. > > Or we can be more explicit and say > > # It took 2.58 seconds to search for untracked files. 'status -uno' > # may speed it up, but you have to be careful not to forget to add > # new files yourself (see 'git help status'). > Thanks, that looks good for me -- 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