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 08:31:13 -0600 Message-ID: <4C9E07B1.50600@workspacewhiz.com> References: <4C9D8643.1040001@workspacewhiz.com> <7vk4manyql.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> <4C9E0427.9080901@workspacewhiz.com> 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 16:31:25 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 1OzVmc-0003bH-39 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:31:22 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752082Ab0IYObO (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:31:14 -0400 Received: from hsmail.qwknetllc.com ([208.71.137.138]:55930 "EHLO hsmail.qwknetllc.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750793Ab0IYObN (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:31:13 -0400 Received: (qmail 12329 invoked by uid 399); 25 Sep 2010 08:31:13 -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 08:31:13 -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: <4C9E0427.9080901@workspacewhiz.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: ----- Original Message ----- From: Joshua Jensen Date: 9/25/2010 8:16 AM > ----- 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? Just waking up for the day. Is there opposition to modernizing this *term* to make it more clear based on the porcelain commands being run? -Josh