From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joshua Jensen Subject: Re: What exactly does 'needs update' mean? Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:16:07 -0600 Message-ID: <4C9E0427.9080901@workspacewhiz.com> References: <4C9D8643.1040001@workspacewhiz.com> <7vk4manyql.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Sep 25 16:17:14 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OzVYv-0005ip-Mu for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:17:14 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755404Ab0IYOQK (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:16:10 -0400 Received: from hsmail.qwknetllc.com ([208.71.137.138]:33134 "EHLO hsmail.qwknetllc.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753995Ab0IYOQJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:16:09 -0400 Received: (qmail 792 invoked by uid 399); 25 Sep 2010 08:16:08 -0600 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.100?) (jjensen@workspacewhiz.com@76.27.116.215) by hsmail.qwknetllc.com with ESMTPAM; 25 Sep 2010 08:16:08 -0600 X-Originating-IP: 76.27.116.215 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100915 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.4 In-Reply-To: <7vk4manyql.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: ----- Original Message ----- From: Junio C Hamano Date: 9/25/2010 12:06 AM > Joshua Jensen writes: >> I've come to accept the term 'needs update' when I've forgotten to >> stash or commit before certain Git operations. However, I got >> cornered today and was asked to explain what it means. I had to admit >> I don't know. > It came from "you need to run update-index on that path, as you have local > modification in the working tree". Okay, your description makes sense to me, and I'll be able to explain what it means. I did a Google search before I posted here. It turns out this phrase is *very* confusing to others. Casual Joes don't use the plumbing commands (which I assume git update-index is). Is there opposition to modernizing this turn to make it more clear based on the porcelain commands being run? Thanks. Josh