Re: [PATCH v3 1/6] git-fetch.txt: document fetch output
From: Marc Branchaud <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-16 02:19:45
On 2016-06-04 11:11 PM, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
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This documents the ref update status of fetch. The structure of this output is defined in [1]. The ouput content is refined a bit in [2] [3] [4]. This patch is a copy from git-push.txt, modified a bit because the flag '-' means different things in push (delete) and fetch (tag update). PS. For code archaeologists, the discussion mentioned in [1] is probably [5]. [1] 165f390 (git-fetch: more terse fetch output - 2007-11-03) [2] 6315472 (fetch: report local storage errors ... - 2008-06-26) [3] f360d84 (builtin-fetch: add --prune option - 2009-11-10) [4] 0997ada (fetch: describe new refs based on where... - 2012-04-16) [5] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/61657 Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <redacted> --- Documentation/git-fetch.txt | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)diff --git a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt index efe56e0..a0d0539 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-fetch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-fetch.txt@@ -99,6 +99,52 @@ The latter use of the `remote.<repository>.fetch` values can be overridden by giving the `--refmap=<refspec>` parameter(s) on the command line. +OUTPUT +------ + +The output of "git fetch" depends on the transport method used; this +section describes the output when fetch over the Git protocol (either
s/fetch/fetching/
+locally or via ssh). + +The status of the fetch is output in tabular form, with each line +representing the status of a single ref. Each line is of the form: + +------------------------------- + <flag> <summary> <from> -> <to> (<reason>) +-------------------------------
(<reason>) should really just be <reason>, as the () are part of the reason string.
+ +The status of up-to-date refs is shown only if --verbose option is
s/if/if the/ Also, thanks for putting so much effort into this! I think having a fetch.output configuration setting is perfectly fine. This sort of thing is really a matter of personal taste, so having choices is good. M.