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Bug 347347

Summary:	[client][git] git progress status messages could be more user friendly
Product:	[ECD] Orion	Reporter:	Susan McCourt <susan>
Component:	Git	Assignee:	libing wang <libingw>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	minor
Priority:	P3	CC:	libingw, maciej.bendkowski, simon_kaegi, Szymon.Brandys
Version:	0.2
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Whiteboard:

Description Susan McCourt

2011-05-26 13:02:45 EDT

The git status messages are a mix of a user-oriented instructions (go to the repositories page) and git server status (FAST_FORWARD).  There was another bug talking about the fact that the server statuses probably shouldn't reference client UI.  I agree with that, but the server-side messages are not always understandable either.

In the screenshot, I did a merge and I got an info status with "FAST_FORWARD".  Maybe most git people know that means success, but I was wanting to see something reporting success, like "You are now up to date."

Comment 1 Maciej Bendkowski

2013-07-17 11:30:00 EDT

I'm in favor of changing the git status messages. I think it's time for us to change the non descriptive messages like "OK" or "FAST_FORWARD" to something more meaningful and user friendly. Not to mention, way more cool.

Comment 2 John Arthorne

2015-05-05 14:43:50 EDT

Closing as part of a mass clean up of inactive bugs. Please reopen if this problem still occurs or is relevant to you. For more details see:

https://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/orion-dev/msg03444.html