Missing: Consistency of clean state output of "git add -i"

Missing: Consistency of clean state output of "git add -i"

[Kaartic Sivaraam]

Hello all,
When the "git add -i" command is triggered with a clean working
directory and index, the outputs of the various options don't seem to
be giving consistent results. A few of the distinct outputs are,

1. No output, the options are displayed
2. A single blank line and the options are displayed
3. The "add untracked" option, prints "No untracked files." and adds a
empty line and prints the options
4. The "patch" option, prints "No changes" and prints the options

It seems that the clean state output should be improved for the sake of
a consistent user interface. 

Note: I could possibly help if I were pointed to the implementation.

Quote: "We hate most in others that which we fail to see in ourselves."
- Anil Dash
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Regards,
Kaartic

Re: Missing: Consistency of clean state output of "git add -i"

[Kaartic Sivaraam]

I guess I'll take back my note in the previous email that says, I could
help. I saw the implementation and found that I couldn't help as I
don't have experience with PERL. My bad.

Re: Missing: Consistency of clean state output of "git add -i"

[Philip Oakley]

From: "Kaartic Sivaraam" <kaarticsivaraam91196@gmail.com>
>I guess I'll take back my note in the previous email that says, I could
> help. I saw the implementation and found that I couldn't help as I
> don't have experience with PERL. My bad.

I wouldn't let that stop you. We were all ignorant once.
I know little of tcl (gitk/git-gui), but I've still managed to fix a couple 
of issues, with the help of others on the list (and the search engines and 
their results;-)

Perl is *that* hard, is it?

regards
Philip 

Re: Missing: Consistency of clean state output of "git add -i"

[Kaartic Sivaraam]

On Sun, 2017-05-28 at 11:39 +0100, Philip Oakley wrote:
> I wouldn't let that stop you. We were all ignorant once.
> I know little of tcl (gitk/git-gui), but I've still managed to fix a
> couple 
> of issues, with the help of others on the list (and the search
> engines and 
> their results;-)
> 
Thanks for the motivative reply. 

> Perl is *that* hard, is it?
I don't have any idea about Perl. I'll see if I could do something when
I find time. That said, I wouldn't like to prevent anyone who like to
take up this task. If anyone's interested, please take it up.

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Regards,
Kaartic