On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 7:58 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That is, I wonder if the above can become something like:
>
>> From github.com:pclouds/git
>> * [new branch] { -> pclouds/}2nd-index
>> * [new branch] { -> pclouds/}3nd-index
>> * [new branch] { -> pclouds/}file-watcher
>> ...
>
> The above example borrows the idea used in diffstat label for
> renaming patch and I think you can design a better notataion, but a
> big point is that you can shorten the whole thing by not repeating
> the common part twice. The arrow aligns merely as a side effect of
> the shortening, taking advantage of the fact that most people fetch
> with "$their_prefix/*:$our_prefix/*" renaming refspec.
I did think of that. My only concern is, with the new output I can't
simply copy the ref name (e.g. pclouds/2nd-index) and use it to, say,
examine with git-log. But I'm more of a "tab tab tab" person than
"copy and paste", so I don't know how often people need to do that.
--
Duy
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