[MERGE] Detailed short status

John Arbash Meinel john at arbash-meinel.com
Tue Feb 6 16:41:56 GMT 2007


Aaron Bentley wrote:
> John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> 
>> It seemed more to me that the first column indicated the delta between
>> the basis tree and the working inventory, and the second column had more
>> to do with the different between the current inventory and the working tree.
> 
> No, the first column indicates versioning changes, and the second column
> indicates content changes.
> 
> Aaron

I still think "+D" for "file was added but is now missing" is a lot more
informative that "+ " which says "file was added". I realize you are
comparing "+N" to "+ ". And technically you are correct that either
works. But I think from a UI point of view a blank space means people
shouldn't think about it as "nothing has changed". Telling them that
sometimes " " is important (showing something is wrong) is not the way
to go.

But see my other email. Since I think missing should be special cased
anyway. (' !' as a possibility).

But I also think that Unknown and Ignored should be column 2 entries, to
go along with 'N' rather than '+/-'.

John
=:->



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