Re: [PATCH] RelNotes/1.8.5: direct script writers to "git status --porcelain"

2013-09-27 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Keshav Kini wrote: > Jakub Narebski writes: >> Matthieu Moy writes: >>> * "git status" now omits the prefix to make its output a comment in a >>> commit log editor, which is not necessary for human consumption. >>> + Scripts that parse the output of "git status" are advised to use >>> +

Re: [PATCH] RelNotes/1.8.5: direct script writers to "git status --porcelain"

2013-09-26 Thread Keshav Kini
Jakub Narebski writes: > Matthieu Moy imag.fr> writes: >> * "git status" now omits the prefix to make its output a comment in a >> commit log editor, which is not necessary for human consumption. >> + Scripts that parse the output of "git status" are advised to use >> + "git status --po

Re: [PATCH] RelNotes/1.8.5: direct script writers to "git status --porcelain"

2013-09-26 Thread Jakub Narebski
Matthieu Moy imag.fr> writes: > * "git status" now omits the prefix to make its output a comment in a > commit log editor, which is not necessary for human consumption. > + Scripts that parse the output of "git status" are advised to use > + "git status --porcelain", which is both easi

[PATCH] RelNotes/1.8.5: direct script writers to "git status --porcelain"

2013-09-26 Thread Matthieu Moy
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy --- Not terribly important, but the old item alone may sound like "we broke your script purposely, good luck with the new version" to a script writer. Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5