Am 8/28/2013 10:32, schrieb Matthieu Moy: > Historically, "git status" needed to prefix each output line with '#' so > that the output could be added as comment to the commit message. This > prefix comment has no real purpose when "git status" is ran from the > command-line, and this may distract users from the real content. > > Allow the user to disable this prefix comment. In the long run, if users > like the non-prefix output, it may make sense to flip the default value > to true. > > Obviously, status.displayCommentChar applies to "git status" but is > ignored by "git commit", so the status is still commented in > COMMIT_EDITMSG. > > Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> > --- > As a beginner (long ago), I found this comment-prefixed output really > weird. I got used to it,... You have my sympathy. How does your solution work when dirty submodules are involved and submodule status is included? > +test_expect_success 'status with status.displayCommentChar=false' ' > + "$PERL_PATH" -pi -e "s/^\# //; s/^\#$//; s/^#\t/\t/" expect && Perl's -i does not work on Windows when no backup file extension is given. Therefore, please use a temporary file or "... -pi.bak ..." > + git -c status.displayCommentChar=false status >output && > + test_i18ncmp expect output > +' -- Hannes -- 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