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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: On removing files and "git-rm is pointless"
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:03:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <el1go7$2ro$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.64.0612040737120.3476@woody.osdl.org

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.
> 
> ("has been staged for changes" is just a long way of saying "index". See? 
> I _can_ learn.)

I'd rather have

        File 'x' does not match HEAD or index (has been staged for changes).
        Will not remove. Use "git rm -f 'x'" to force removal.

I'd rather not learn that "staged for changes" mean "index". I'm quote
comfortable with the concept of "index" and the name "index",
thankyouverymuch.
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git


  reply	other threads:[~2006-12-04 16:02 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 [this message]
2006-12-04 16:04           ` Olivier Galibert
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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