The previous two variants both aim to reword the somewhat unpopular "needs update" message to easier "locally modified". "Politically correct" thing to do would be to keep the output from the update-index (plumbing) intact and update only output from "reset" and "add --refresh -v" which are Porcelain. This has smaller chance of breaking people's existing scripts, but some people may find the two messages that say the same thing inconsistent. Rewording to "locally modified" even at the plumbing level is a simpler patch, keeps the API to refresh_index() intact, and probably is a better approach in the longer term, especially if we can ignore people's existing scripts. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html