"git status" indicated "Initial commit" when HEAD points at
an unborn branch. This message is shared with the commit
log template "git commit" prepares for the user when
creating a commit (i.e. "You are about to create the initial
commit"), and is OK as long as the reader is aware of the
nature of the message (i.e. it guides the user working
toward the next commit), but was confusing to new users,
especially the ones who do "git commit -m message" without
having a chance to pay attention to the commit log template.
The "Initial commit" indication wasn't an issue in the commit
template. Taking that into consideration, a good solution would
be to contextually use different messages to indicate the user
that there were no commits in this branch.
A few alternatives considered were,
* Waiting for initial commit
* Your current branch does not have any commits
* Current branch waiting for initial commit
Patch-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@xxxxxxxxx>
---
builtin/commit.c | 1 +
wt-status.c | 5 ++++-
wt-status.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 1d805f5da..0f36d2ac3 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1648,6 +1648,7 @@ int cmd_commit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
usage_with_options(builtin_commit_usage, builtin_commit_options);
status_init_config(&s, git_commit_config);
+ s.commit_template = 1;
status_format = STATUS_FORMAT_NONE; /* Ignore status.short */
s.colopts = 0;
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 037548496..34aa1af66 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -1576,7 +1576,10 @@ static void wt_longstatus_print(struct wt_status *s)
if (s->is_initial) {
status_printf_ln(s, color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s), "%s", "");
- status_printf_ln(s, color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s), _("Initial commit"));
+ status_printf_ln(s, color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s),
+ s->commit_template
+ ? _("Initial commit")
+ : _("No commits yet on the branch"));
status_printf_ln(s, color(WT_STATUS_HEADER, s), "%s", "");
}
diff --git a/wt-status.h b/wt-status.h
index 6018c627b..782b2997f 100644
--- a/wt-status.h
+++ b/wt-status.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct wt_status {
char color_palette[WT_STATUS_MAXSLOT][COLOR_MAXLEN];
unsigned colopts;
int null_termination;
+ int commit_template;
int show_branch;
int hints;
--
2.11.0