Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] fetch: reduce duplicate in ref update status lines

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On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 3:53 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> By punting on the effort to find a readable format that does not
> repeat the same info twice, we are sending a signal to the users
> that they cannot use a meaningful sentence as the name of a branch
> name; they need to stay within a relatively short (i.e. 1/4 of a
> line width) branch name, to avoid triggering this multi-line
> behaviour.

This is subjective because line length (or terminal width) varies. And
in the time where GUI and web interfaces are also used and preferred
by some, CLI users may not be able to do much with such a signal
(can't force everybody to suit you).
-- 
Duy
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