From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E51D91FACB for ; Wed, 7 Jun 2017 12:56:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751454AbdFGM44 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jun 2017 08:56:56 -0400 Received: from mail-pg0-f66.google.com ([74.125.83.66]:35638 "EHLO mail-pg0-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751203AbdFGM4z (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Jun 2017 08:56:55 -0400 Received: by mail-pg0-f66.google.com with SMTP id f127so1445332pgc.2 for ; Wed, 07 Jun 2017 05:56:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding:content-language; bh=pnOOzTxi6gNbCBI9Qj4rJgW9Zy3N7Tc8Nxhxv6kg2a0=; b=XsN0eAEjFxfb3rd9l1dOhKIJE2OJ1+BXfUgl9aA0nVnr5H7p0QcL6FQ2hDWzUXZrfg yPXMABHLsNSOEl3WrPx+yPc6rykFIe+zJetyzZ5fYd69cix0Nr7YPLNqjAGdTc5JgnW3 VmFy56gZo72mFUv6zzsSwYyGe3jFokQedZdQcYYmZGmHbzO5D3PxYVjzxvmQg6OT9WE4 mDfrJXWPmSqJyWI0SIJ1zIl84a8b/ozPgtSbxCeZqqJLSDVjvTtfc1JLVng4ZHZFQ67w QJp+Tu+8PDWjLlAsNw3z4feLRrF5buCME1dzXAixpTa3xh09wYr+N3hAljuz/sHDtfuc eQzQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding :content-language; bh=pnOOzTxi6gNbCBI9Qj4rJgW9Zy3N7Tc8Nxhxv6kg2a0=; b=bXIKMdXwtaBNc/yk3v3NyCYd8FK/CD0xS0m6ZIbNLSC2+1bZKSspI+u3Z5PChkeDt2 suCYMP9S3zK+z7+pNUCzvXc1e7oeqqQjtkh4ZLydwZBIEHwRC75lqsy+UlO/N9Yyth1c OBHwnoCrrMbUFYaF68PGnPamM5CvQ3LFzrIMJQWG3KMRiAxIQI9Q0AzpijX1VB1nA9TS 4ERK05YGps21mdsl9YaC1l0nKJQrp/MZEcOAiCbTmufqjP9Lw1dZYlQHYP7OKRwbTib2 O6M8/27Nzrbysa3KXybW1G1SSkdDuDsCM5ve9415ojO33L542SESkWZF7/pByx7PdAQ2 U84w== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcB0R9aRO9GeZa5RrEdv7N2ZY44Mg1z5By3L5QxZpOUCpo9Z2KRd 57KpQMMUWMxbG6XSTb+e/A== X-Received: by 10.99.141.200 with SMTP id z191mr20040191pgd.99.1496840214684; Wed, 07 Jun 2017 05:56:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.4.2.238] ([182.73.79.179]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id m5sm5124870pgd.28.2017.06.07.05.56.48 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 07 Jun 2017 05:56:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: What does this output of git supposed to mean ? To: Philip Oakley , Junio C Hamano Cc: David , Samuel Lijin , "brian m. carlson" , Stefan Beller , git@vger.kernel.org References: <1496671452.4809.2.camel@gmail.com> <20170605231058.pgb4fgfb4z45bzmk@genre.crustytoothpaste.net> <20170606011151.qe5ycih77vqlqgme@genre.crustytoothpaste.net> <1496758102.6664.2.camel@gmail.com> <4A4DB115A50D432A8FF7B8589C5BAC84@PhilipOakley> From: Kaartic Sivaraam Message-ID: <2d7e165d-b44c-ab3c-a4db-af5df64048a9@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 18:26:47 +0530 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4A4DB115A50D432A8FF7B8589C5BAC84@PhilipOakley> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-Cyberoam-smtpxy-version: 1.0.6.3 X-Cyberoam-AV-Policy: default X-CTCH-Error: Unable to connect local ctasd Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 07 June 2017 03:35 AM, Philip Oakley wrote: > Maybe have a try at a patch to update the text? See the > git/Documentation/SubmittingPatches for guidance. I guess this should be trivial (correct me if I'm wrong). I'll try when I find time. In case I make the change which of the following message should replace the message 'Initial commit' ? (this could be a poll, I guess) 1. No commit yet 2. Waiting for initial commit 3. Your current branch does not have any commits Further what is to be done about the following comment, On Wednesday 07 June 2017 12:23 AM, Jeff King wrote: There is a slight complication, though. There's similar text in "git status -sb", which shows: ## Initial commit on master Should that also change to use consistent terminology? If so, we need a phrasing short phrasing that matches (and the --porcelain and --porcelain=v2 formats of course would need to remain the same). BTW, could anyone provide a pointer to the implementation that prints this message ? -- Regards, Kaartic Sivaraam