Re: [PATCH] RelNotes/1.8.5: direct script writers to "git status --porcelain"

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Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy <at> imag.fr> writes:


>   * "git status" now omits the prefix to make its output a comment in a
>     commit log editor, which is not necessary for human consumption.
> +   Scripts that parse the output of "git status" are advised to use
> +   "git status --porcelain", which is both easier to parse and stable,
> +   instead.

Good addition.

Perhaps "to use instead ..." would be easier to understand than
proposed "to use ..., instead." (with "..." being one line long).

-- 
Jakub Narebski.



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