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| author | Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> | 2013-09-26 15:23:35 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> | 2013-09-27 17:05:02 -0700 |
| commit | 9cd755b2fca823eb1b688bd498b0bee007289e6c (patch) | |
| tree | 63a172748624a77ffc38b3bdda68fdcab30d20bd | |
| parent | 6dab2781a1dea0c5dd52ac3bddaed08ec08e8969 (diff) | |
| download | git-9cd755b2fca823eb1b688bd498b0bee007289e6c.tar.gz | |
RelNotes/1.8.5: direct script writers to "git status --porcelain"
[jn: with wording tweak from Keshav Kini]
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt index ac5c3fafe5..49c037b601 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.8.5.txt @@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ UI, Workflows & Features * "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" instead, as its format is stable and easier + to parse. * Make "foo^{tag}" to peel a tag to itself, i.e. no-op., and fail if "foo" is not a tag. "git rev-parse --verify v1.0^{tag}" would be |