[RFC] Update should mention WHAT it is up to date with

[John Arbash Meinel]

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>> Is there a bzrlib function to take a branch.base URL and shorten it (for
>> example, file:/// URLs could have the URL prefix removed)?  Should we try to
>> use "." in the shortened form if possible?
> 
> Generally things like that would be in urlutils.  There are functions
> to turn a url into a local path if possible.
> 
> There was a thread a while ago about a display_url or human_url but I
> don't think it was implemented.   Would be nice.  You could always add
> a stubby implementation ("return url") to start with.
> 

urlutils.unescape_for_display(url, output_encoding)

so

out_path = urlutils.unescape_for_display(url, self.outf.encoding)
self.outf.write('Updating from %s\n' % (out_path,))

>> For tests that have very long and varying branch names, should I just change
>> assertEndsWith("Up to date at revision 1\n") to an appropriate
>> assertContainsRe?
> 
> You could look at using Vincent's shell-like tests where you can just
> show some sample output.  I'm sure he would welcome questions or
> feedback.
> 

John
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