Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] fetch: reduce duplicate in ref update status lines

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 12:06 AM, Jeff King [off-list ref] wrote:

On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 06:08:43PM +0700, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:

quoted

When there are lots of ref updates, each has different name length, this
will make it easier to look because the variable part is at the end.

Is it worth handling more complicated cases, where there is a similar
"middle", but different beginning?

One of my common refspecs is:

  +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/pull/*

That still shows as:

  refs/pull/123/head -> pull/123

but could be:

  {refs -> }/pull/123{head -> }

I actually think that _isn't_ an improvement, but I wonder if there is a
format that would be.

A placeholder can still keep the variable part at the end, e.g.
"refs/$/head -> pull/123"
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Duy