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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, sunshine@sunshineco.com, gitster@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] builtin/config.c: prefer `--type=bool` over `--bool`, etc.
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 17:58:00 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180405215759.GB29117@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180405020034.GA8879@syl.local>

On Wed, Apr 04, 2018 at 07:00:34PM -0700, Taylor Blau wrote:

> I have attached a fourth re-roll of my series to introduce
> "--type=<type>" in "git config", and prefer it to "--<type>".
> 
> In particular, since the last update, I have changed the following:
> 
>   - Clearer wording in the second patch per Eric's suggestion.
> 
>   - Stopped spelling the required argument to "--type=" as "[type]", and
>     instead as "<type>" (cc: Eric).
> 
>   - Changed "unexpected" to "unrecognized" in the fatal message when we
>     don't know how to interpret the argument to "--type".

This iteration looks good to me, assuming that last-one-wins is still
the direction we want to go. I'm open to the notion that the cleanup is
not worth the change in behavior. It is IMHO, but obviously it's
somewhat subjective.

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2018-04-05 21:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-03-28 23:47 [PATCH] builtin/config.c: prefer `--type=bool` over `--bool`, etc Taylor Blau
2018-03-29 20:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-03-29 22:11 ` Jeff King
2018-03-30  5:27   ` Taylor Blau
2018-03-30 13:53     ` Jeff King
2018-03-30 16:00       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-03-30 18:27         ` Jeff King
2018-03-30  5:28 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] builtin/config.c: treat type specifiers singularly Taylor Blau
2018-03-30  5:28   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] builtin/config.c: prefer `--type=bool` over `--bool`, etc Taylor Blau
2018-03-30  6:17     ` René Scharfe
2018-03-30 13:48     ` Jeff King
2018-03-30 13:41   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] builtin/config.c: treat type specifiers singularly Jeff King
2018-04-04  6:07 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] builtin/config.c: prefer `--type=bool` over `--bool`, etc Taylor Blau
2018-04-04  6:07   ` [PATCH v3 1/2] builtin/config.c: treat type specifiers singularly Taylor Blau
2018-04-04  7:57     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-05  1:53       ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-05 21:51         ` Jeff King
2018-04-04  6:07   ` [PATCH v3 2/2] builtin/config.c: prefer `--type=bool` over `--bool`, etc Taylor Blau
2018-04-04  7:27     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-05  1:47       ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-05  2:00 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] " Taylor Blau
2018-04-05 21:58   ` Jeff King [this message]
2018-04-05 22:15     ` Taylor Blau
     [not found] ` <cover.1522893363.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
2018-04-05  2:00   ` [PATCH v4 1/2] builtin/config.c: treat type specifiers singularly Taylor Blau
2018-04-05  2:00   ` [PATCH v4 2/2] builtin/config.c: prefer `--type=bool` over `--bool`, etc Taylor Blau
2018-04-05 22:29     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-05 22:40       ` Jeff King
2018-04-06  5:19         ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  5:17       ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-05  2:02   ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-05 22:12     ` Jeff King
2018-04-05 22:15       ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  5:08       ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  6:38 ` [PATCH v6 0/2] builtin/config.c: support `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--type` Taylor Blau
     [not found] ` <cover.1522996619.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
2018-04-06  6:39   ` [PATCH v6 1/2] builtin/config.c: treat type specifiers singularly Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  6:39   ` [PATCH v6 2/2] builtin/config.c: support `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--type` Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  7:04     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-07  0:39       ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-07  8:25         ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-09 22:46 ` [PATCH v7 0/2] " Taylor Blau
2018-04-09 23:11   ` Eric Sunshine
     [not found] ` <cover.1523313730.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
2018-04-09 22:46   ` [PATCH v7 1/2] builtin/config.c: treat type specifiers singularly Taylor Blau
2018-04-10  1:22     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-10  2:12       ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-10  4:13         ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-09 22:46   ` [PATCH v7 2/2] builtin/config.c: support `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--type` Taylor Blau
2018-04-10  1:44     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-10  2:17       ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-11  1:06 ` [PATCH v8 0/2] " Taylor Blau
2018-04-11  1:24   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-11  1:33     ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-11  3:11       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-11  3:49         ` Taylor Blau
     [not found] ` <cover.1523408336.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
2018-04-11  1:06   ` [PATCH v8 1/2] builtin/config.c: treat type specifiers singularly Taylor Blau
2018-04-11  1:07   ` [PATCH v8 2/2] builtin/config.c: support `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--type` Taylor Blau
2018-04-18 21:43 ` [PATCH v9 0/2] " Taylor Blau
     [not found] ` <cover.1524087557.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
2018-04-18 21:43   ` [PATCH v9 1/2] builtin/config.c: treat type specifiers singularly Taylor Blau
2018-04-18 21:43   ` [PATCH v9 2/2] builtin/config.c: support `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--type` Taylor Blau
2018-04-19  2:47     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-19  3:01       ` Taylor Blau

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