What's the meaning behind the "[*] => $e*" part?

[creature]

When I run gst I see some output that looks like this:

On branch: feature-branch  |  [*] => $e*

What does the part after the pipe indicate? I thought that maybe my terminal was failing to expand a variable somewhere, but I can see this included in the screencast & example output in the readme too.

PS. Thanks for creating scmpuff - I find it super-useful. :)

[mroth]

Ah, that's the "key" for the number output below, it indicates [1] will map to environment variable $e1, [2] => $e2, etc...

I agree it's really confusing. I inherited it when I was originally trying to make scmpuff an exact 1:1 interface map from scm_breeze -- but I don't have that feature requirement anymore. Is there another syntax you think might be more clear? Or maybe I should just drop that in the UI entirely.

[jeffbyrnes]

What about a slightly more explicit example?

E.g.,

[1] => $e1, [2] => $e2, [*] => $e*

[creature]

Thanks; that makes sense.

Is there another syntax you think might be more clear? Or maybe I should just drop that in the UI entirely.

I'd consider using n or n instead of *, but that's only going to help make things clear for terminals that support italic/bold/coloured fonts. I also think it would be OK to remove it from the output of scmpuff_status, and mention it in the command's help text & the project readme.