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From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
	Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] builtin/config.c: prefer `--type=bool` over `--bool`, etc.
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 22:19:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180406051914.GB53143@syl.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180405224051.GF29117@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 06:40:51PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 06:29:18PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote:
>
> > > +ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and convert the value to the
> > > +canonical form. If no type specifier is passed, no checks or transformations are
> > > +performed on the value.
> > > @@ -160,30 +158,34 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
> > >  --list::
> > >         List all variables set in config file, along with their values.
> > >
> > > ---bool::
> > > -       'git config' will ensure that the output is "true" or "false"
> > > +--type <type>::
> > > +  'git config' will ensure that any input output is valid under the given type
> > > +  constraint(s), and will canonicalize outgoing values in `<type>`'s canonical
> > > +  form.
> >
> > In response to my question[2] about whether the typesetting "[type]"
> > meant that it was optional, you responded[1] that it was not, thus
> > correctly changed the typesetting to "<type>". However...
>
> Right, "--type" without a specifier means nothing (also, I missed this
> in my review, but "input output" in the quoted text?)

I missed this too; thanks for pointing it out. I have amended this in
the forthcoming re-roll.

> > > diff --git a/t/t1300-repo-config.sh b/t/t1300-repo-config.sh
> > > @@ -1622,4 +1623,21 @@ test_expect_success 'later legacy specifiers are given precedence' '
> > > +test_expect_success '--no-type unsets type specifiers' '
> > > +       echo "10" > expect &&
> > > +       git config --type=bool --no-type core.number >actual &&
> > > +       test_cmp expect actual
> > > +'
> >
> > What does --no-type mean and why is it being tested? If this is an
> > explicitly supported user-facing option, should it be documented? If
> > it's not meant to be user-facing, then why are we enforcing its
> > presence and behavior via a test?
>
> It would be the same as if no --type option had been given. The current
> documentation says:
>
>   If no type specifier is passed, no checks or transformations are
>   performed on the value.
>
> That's retained in the DESCRIPTION section, but it may be worth a
> mention of the "--no-type" behavior in the OPTIONS section, too. I
> dunno.

Fair; my inclination is to document it, since it is potentially useful
for scripts (as I mentioned in my mail to Eric).

Thanks,
Taylor

  reply	other threads:[~2018-04-06  5:29 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
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 [this message]
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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