From: Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>, Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>,
Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Subject: Re: On removing files and "git-rm is pointless"
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:04:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061204160429.GA8512@dspnet.fr.eu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0612040737120.3476@woody.osdl.org>
<pet_peeve>
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 07:42:26AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> (And obviously, for all the normal reasons, if the index or HEAD doesn't
> match, the error message should be helpful and also explicitly mention the
> "-f" flag. Somehing like
>
> file 'x' does not match HEAD or has been staged for changes.
> Will not remove. Use '-f' to force removal.
And you wouldn't tell which, you stupid computer?
I hate when error messages go "there is a problem that may be x, y or
z. You can figure out which one yourself.".
Incidentally, splitting the message would allow you to add a "use git
diff x" or a "use git diff --cached x to see the differences" message.
</pet_peeve>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-04 16:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-12-02 17:05 On removing files and "git-rm is pointless" Carl Worth
2006-12-02 17:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-12-02 20:00 ` Sam Vilain
2006-12-03 3:50 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-12-04 10:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-04 10:48 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-04 15:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-12-04 16:03 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-12-04 16:04 ` Olivier Galibert [this message]
2006-12-05 1:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-05 3:29 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-12-05 3:44 ` Carl Worth
2006-12-05 5:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-02 20:59 ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-12-02 21:10 ` Sam Vilain
2006-12-02 21:33 ` Linus Torvalds
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