From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Cc: gitster@pobox.com, git@vger.kernel.org, pclouds@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] git.c: introduce --working-tree superseding --work-tree
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:58:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170320195818.GV26789@aiede.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170320192225.18928-2-sbeller@google.com>
Hi,
Stefan Beller wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
> ---
> Documentation/git.txt | 12 ++++++------
> git.c | 5 +++--
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
I think this is a step in the right direction. Thanks for writing it.
Nits:
- tests are still using --work-tree --- this patch didn't add any tests
for --working-tree. If --working-tree is what we prefer, it may make
sense to update tests to use --working-tree and add a test or two to
make sure the existing --work-tree synonym still works.
- this patch updated the argv[i] == "--work-tree" case but forgot to
update the argv[i].has_prefix("--work-tree=") case
- since this is a feature used for scripting, I don't think we can
pretend the name change never happened. We think we need to
document both option names and say what version introduced the new
one so script authors can make an informed decision about which to
use. Later we can make the --work-tree synonym more obscure, but in
the short term I suspect it is what most script authors will still
want to use.
> --- a/Documentation/git.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git.txt
[...]
> @@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ Git so take care if using a foreign front-end.
>
> `GIT_WORK_TREE`::
> Set the path to the root of the working tree.
> - This can also be controlled by the `--work-tree` command-line
> + This can also be controlled by the `--working-tree` command-line
> option and the core.worktree configuration variable.
I suspect we don't want to rename GIT_WORK_TREE --- it's not
user-facing in the same way as --work-tree is, scripts make direct use
of it (and they unset it when appropriate!), and dealing with the
permutations of what to do if some subset of environment variables is
set seems very complicated.
For comparison, core.worktree is user-facing. Is it also in scope for
this change?
Thanks and hope that helps,
Jonathan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-03-20 19:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-30 20:44 [PATCH 0/4] git-prompt.sh: Full patch for submodule indicator Benjamin Fuchs
2017-01-30 20:44 ` [PATCH 1/4] git-prompt.sh: add " Benjamin Fuchs
2017-01-30 23:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-31 0:10 ` Benjamin Fuchs
2017-01-31 3:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-02-06 4:23 ` Stefan Beller
2017-02-06 5:55 ` Jacob Keller
2017-02-06 10:13 ` Stefan Beller
2017-01-30 20:44 ` [PATCH 2/4] git-prompt.sh: rework of " Benjamin Fuchs
2017-01-31 18:06 ` SZEDER Gábor
2017-01-30 20:44 ` [PATCH 3/4] git-prompt.sh: fix for submodule 'dirty' indicator Benjamin Fuchs
2017-01-30 20:44 ` [PATCH 4/4] git-prompt.sh: add tests for submodule indicator Benjamin Fuchs
2017-01-31 18:32 ` SZEDER Gábor
2017-01-31 22:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-01-31 22:12 ` Stefan Beller
2017-03-07 3:45 ` [RFC PATCH] rev-parse: add --show-superproject-working-tree Stefan Beller
2017-03-07 5:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-07 7:16 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-07 7:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-07 18:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-07 20:40 ` Stefan Beller
2017-03-07 22:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-08 0:56 ` [PATCHv2] " Stefan Beller
2017-03-08 1:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-08 6:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-08 19:20 ` [PATCHv3] " Stefan Beller
2017-03-08 22:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-08 23:07 ` [PATCHv4] " Stefan Beller
2017-03-08 23:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-17 22:28 ` Jonathan Nieder
2017-03-17 22:51 ` [PATCH] Documentation/git-worktree: use working tree for trees on the file system Stefan Beller
2017-03-17 22:55 ` Jonathan Nieder
2017-03-17 23:04 ` Stefan Beller
2017-03-18 17:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-18 1:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-18 1:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-20 17:29 ` Stefan Beller
2017-03-20 18:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-20 18:50 ` Jonathan Nieder
2017-03-20 19:22 ` [PATCH 0/2] use "working trees" instead of "worktree" in our API Stefan Beller
2017-03-20 19:22 ` [PATCH 1/2] git.c: introduce --working-tree superseding --work-tree Stefan Beller
2017-03-20 19:58 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2017-03-20 19:22 ` [PATCH 2/2] revparse: introduce --is-inside-working-tree Stefan Beller
2017-03-20 20:00 ` Jonathan Nieder
2017-03-20 19:37 ` [PATCH 0/2] use "working trees" instead of "worktree" in our API Junio C Hamano
2017-03-21 10:37 ` [PATCH] Documentation/git-worktree: use working tree for trees on the file system Duy Nguyen
2017-03-21 15:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-23 17:06 ` Michael J Gruber
2017-03-23 17:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-03-25 12:07 ` Duy Nguyen
2017-04-07 13:59 ` Michael J Gruber
2017-04-07 16:14 ` Jacob Keller
2017-03-25 12:05 ` Duy Nguyen
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