Re: Message from git reset: confusing?

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:21 PM, Junio C Hamano[off-list ref] wrote:

Matthieu Moy [off-list ref] writes:

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I was wondering what was the motivation for the output of "git merge":

You meant "git reset".

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$ git reset file
file: locally modified
$

First a tangent.

Removing this output _when no <path> is given_ would greatly reduce the
usability of the command.

Yes.  I think the problem is that the current output looks more like
an error message than a status report.

I would find it very pleasant if the output looked more like the
output of "git checkout" (no parameters) in the no-files-specified
case.

Even if people don't know what "M" means on day 1 (although hopefully
they don't need "git reset" on day 1), at least it doesn't look like
an error message.

Have fun,

Avery