Re: [PATCH] merge: Make merge strategy message follow the diffstat

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
Date: Fri Jan 13 2012 - 14:27:43 EST


On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> By moving the message after the diffstat, there is a better chance that
>> people will be aware they've done a pointless merge commit.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I think the goal of the change may be worthy

Still, diffstat from a fetch/pull is sometimes too verbose. It'd be
better if we have something that fit in one screen (dirstat or maybe
just a first few lines from diffstat then ellipsis) then refer users
to "git diff --stat HEAD@{1}" for more detail stat.
--
Duy
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