From: Joshua Jensen <jjensen@workspacewhiz.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: What exactly does 'needs update' mean?
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:31:13 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C9E07B1.50600@workspacewhiz.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C9E0427.9080901@workspacewhiz.com>
----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Jensen
Date: 9/25/2010 8:16 AM
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Junio C Hamano
> Date: 9/25/2010 12:06 AM
>> Joshua Jensen<jjensen@workspacewhiz.com> writes:
>>> I've come to accept the term 'needs update' when I've forgotten to
>>> stash or commit before certain Git operations. However, I got
>>> cornered today and was asked to explain what it means. I had to admit
>>> I don't know.
>> It came from "you need to run update-index on that path, as you have
>> local
>> modification in the working tree".
> Okay, your description makes sense to me, and I'll be able to explain
> what it means.
>
> I did a Google search before I posted here. It turns out this phrase
> is *very* confusing to others. Casual Joes don't use the plumbing
> commands (which I assume git update-index is). Is there opposition to
> modernizing this turn to make it more clear based on the porcelain
> commands being run?
<sigh> Just waking up for the day.
Is there opposition to modernizing this *term* to make it more clear
based on the porcelain commands being run?
-Josh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-25 14:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-25 5:18 What exactly does 'needs update' mean? Joshua Jensen
2010-09-25 6:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-09-25 14:16 ` Joshua Jensen
2010-09-25 14:31 ` Joshua Jensen [this message]
2010-09-26 15:21 ` [PATCH 0/2] Eliminate cryptic "needs update" error message Ramkumar Ramachandra
2010-09-26 15:21 ` [PATCH 1/2] sh-setup: Write a new require_clean_work_tree function Ramkumar Ramachandra
2010-09-26 16:28 ` Matthieu Moy
2010-09-26 17:39 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2010-09-26 18:46 ` Matthieu Moy
2010-09-26 18:51 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2010-09-26 15:21 ` [PATCH 2/2] Porcelain scripts: Rewrite cryptic "needs update" error message Ramkumar Ramachandra
2010-09-26 16:31 ` Matthieu Moy
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