From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RelNotes/1.8.5: direct script writers to "git status --porcelain"
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:19:35 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <loom.20130926T201754-563@post.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1380201815-14140-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr
Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy <at> imag.fr> writes:
> * "git status" now omits the prefix to make its output a comment in a
> commit log editor, which is not necessary for human consumption.
> + Scripts that parse the output of "git status" are advised to use
> + "git status --porcelain", which is both easier to parse and stable,
> + instead.
Good addition.
Perhaps "to use instead ..." would be easier to understand than
proposed "to use ..., instead." (with "..." being one line long).
--
Jakub Narebski.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-26 18:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-26 13:23 [PATCH] RelNotes/1.8.5: direct script writers to "git status --porcelain" Matthieu Moy
2013-09-26 18:19 ` Jakub Narebski [this message]
2013-09-26 18:33 ` [PATCH v2] " Matthieu Moy
2013-09-26 20:45 ` [PATCH] " Keshav Kini
2013-09-28 0:08 ` Jonathan Nieder
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