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To: Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Introduce -t, --table for status/add commands
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Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org> writes:

> Please don't get me wrong, I understand your reasoning, but again, it
> all comes down to the two categories described above.  IMHO, the
> second category will likely start turning off the default hints sooner
> than turning the table formatting on.  The first category will choose
> some GUI anyway.

You are not alone in feeling the impedance mismatch between the
intended audience the patch(es) try to help (pointy-clicky GUI
users) and the codebase the patch(es) modify (perhaps spartan
command line interface).  I did wonder why this is not made as a
part of sugarcoating the command line interface with some GUI that
shows what could be added, what has been added, and the stuff in its
"git status" equivalent.