Johannes Schindelin venit, vidit, dixit 09.10.2008 11:03:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 9 Oct 2008, Caleb Cushing wrote:
>
>>> How about "git ls-files -o"?
>> doh... hadn't even heard of that command.
>
> Which is good! As ls-files is listed as plumbing. Users should not need
> to call ls-files, so I like your idea about adding --new, --untracked etc.
> to "git status" (I do not agree with others that "git status" has to stay
> that non-existant "git commit --dry-run").
>
> Could you list exactly which options you want implemented?
Requests for stuff like that keep appearing recently (I'm to blame
partially only ;) ). There are 3 issues at hand:
- people are used to "svn status [-v]" like output which can include
untracked as well as tracked unmodified files; there are other valid
reasons why you would want that info
- porc can't do it: git status can't show ignored files, doesn't use
status letters, can't show files with specific status; git diff
--name-status can't show ignored nor untracked files
[In fact, the description of "git diff" says "files which you could
add", which should include untracked files, but doesn't.]
- plumb uses conflicting letters: git ls-files output conflicts with git
diff --name-status output
So I guess it's time for a usability effort in this area. A few
questions before going about that:
- I think change of existing behaviour is unavoidable (make ls-files and
diff --name-status consistent). Is that something to do now or rather
before 1.7? Is porc (diff) supposed to be changed or plumb (ls-files)?
- How strong should the tie between git status and git commit be?
Current git status is basically git commit -n, with the usual meaning of
"-n" (such as for prune etc."), not with the current meaning of git
commit -n, sigh...
A few radical suggestions might be:
1. make ls-files and diff --name-status use compatible letters
2. rename git commit -n to git commit -b (as in bypass), make git commit
-n do what's expected ("--dry-run", n as in duNNo yet)
3. rename git status to git commit -n
4. make git status generate git diff --name-status like output
(3+4)'. make git status -l generate git diff --name-status like output
(l as in status Letter) as an alternative to 3+4
Michael
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