On Wed, 2017-06-21 at 08:07 +0530, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: > The existing message, "Initial commit", makes sense for the commit > template > notifying users that it's their initial commit, but is confusing when > merely checking the status of a fresh repository (or orphan branch) > without having any commits yet. > > Change the output of "status" to say "No commits yet" when "git > status" is run on a fresh repo (or orphan branch), while retaining > the > current "Initial commit" message displayed in the template that's > displayed in the editor when the initial commit is being authored. > > A few alternatives considered were, > > * Waiting for initial commit > * Your current branch does not have any commits > * Current branch waiting for initial commit > > The most succint one among the alternatives was chosen. > > Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@xxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > The 'FINAL' part in the subject is just my opinion about > this patch > Just for the note, the tests passed locally and all travis-ci builds jobs succeeded except for the one in which the 'GITTEXT_POISON' environment variable is enabled. I guess that isn't an issue, from what I came to know while digging about it. -- Regards, Kaartic Sivaraam <kaarticsivaraam91196@xxxxxxxxx>