Re: [PATCH] Reformat "your branch has diverged..." lines to reduce line length.

["Avery Pennarun" <apenwarr@gmail.com>]

On 7/16/08, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com> writes:
>  >       if (!num_theirs)
>  > -             strbuf_addf(sb, "Your branch is ahead of the tracked%s branch '%s' "
>  > +             strbuf_addf(sb, "Your branch is ahead of the tracked%s branch '%s'\n"
>  >                           "by %d commit%s.\n",
>
>  I wonder if a simple "s/of the tracked%s branch //" is better for this
>  kind of thing.  If the message says 'origin/master', you know it is a
>  tracked remote branch anyway, don't you?

Personally, I would be fine with shorter messages; this doesn't seem
the best time to
report the name of the tracked branch anyhow.  I use 80x24 terminals
too most of the time.

However, I didn't write the original patch either, and I recall that
this feature was so popular that it actually resulted in a list thread
complimenting it, so I was hesitant to change it too much :)

>         Your branch is ahead of 'origin/add-chickens2' by 21 commits.
>
>         Your branch is behind 'origin/add-chickens2' by 1 commit.
>
>         Your branch and 'origin/add-chickens2' have diverged, and have
>         21 and 1 different commit(s) each, respectively.
>
>  I moved "respectively" so that the variable parts will come close to the
>  beginning of physical line.

Well, the fact that the number of commits is "variable" isn't so
important, unless you start diverging by 1e9 commits or something :)
It might be nice to minimize the amount of static text on the line
containing the branch name, though.  Your rephrasing would allow us to
go as far as:

    Your branch and 'origin/add-chickens2'
    have diverged, and have 21 and 1 different commit(s) each, respectively.

Which looks a little imbalanced, but works with long branch names.

Alternatively, your rephrasing above made me think of the idea of just
printing *both* of the first two messages in the "diverging" case.
Depending how you think of it, that would be either more clear or less
clear.  It's actually easier to parse the two short sentences than the
long one.

Please let me know if you want me to resubmit the patch with your
suggestions or whether you'll handle it.  I'm still a little vague on
the exact patch approval process.

Have fun,

Avery