Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I would agree that "hint is often given in #git" is an indication that > people do not know "git checkout" to check out the path from the index to > get rid of the change. I further suspect that "I modified my file and git > status says 'Changed but not updated'; what should I do" may not be asked > often anymore, which might owe the hint we have in status output. Even > then, I do not necessarily agree that the status output (yes, I am also > questioning the existing hints as well) is the best place to teach these > people. > > The approach would lead to insanely long output that reproduces the user > manual, and we should draw the line somewhere. As I said, I suspect that > what we say is already too chatty. Having said all that, I'll queue them to see what other people think. -- 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
