From: "Beat Bolli <bbolli@ewanet.ch>" <bb@zbox.drbeat.li>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git: add -N as a short option for --no-pager
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 07:45:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180425054500.GA31531@zbox.drbeat.li> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqh8o05evv.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
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On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 09:05:56AM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
>
> > In modern setups, less, the pager, uses alternate screen to show
> > the content. When it is closed, it switches back to the original
> > screen, and all content is gone.
> >
> > It is not uncommon to request that the output remains visible in
> > the terminal. For this, the option --no-pager can be used. But
> > it is a bit cumbersome to type, even when command completion is
> > available. Provide a short option, -N, to make the option easier
> > accessible.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
> > ---
>
> Heh, I used to append "|cat", which is four keystrokes that is a bit
> shorter than " --no-pager", but that is only acceptable when you do
> not care about colored output ;-)
>
> I am not absolutely certain about the choice of a single letter. I
> already checked we do not use "git -N cmd" for anything else right
> now, so I am certain about the availability, but I am not sure if
> capital 'N' is the best choice, when the other side is lowercase 'p'
> (and more importantly, the other side 'p' has mneomonic value for
> 'pagination', but 'N' merely stands for 'no' and could be negating
> anything, not related to pagination). But I agree that a short-hand
> would be welcome.
>
I'm quite fond of the notation "-p-", but that would set a precedent for
all other "--no-" options.
Maybe the option parser could be enhanced to allow for both?
Thanks,
Beat
> > diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
> > index 4767860e72..17b50b0dc6 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/git.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/git.txt
> > @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
> > [verse]
> > 'git' [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c <name>=<value>]
> > [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
> > - [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
> > + [-p|--paginate|-N|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
> > [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
> > [--super-prefix=<path>]
> > <command> [<args>]
> > @@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config
> > configuration options (see the "Configuration Mechanism" section
> > below).
> >
> > +-N::
> > --no-pager::
> > Do not pipe Git output into a pager.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-25 5:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-24 16:59 [PATCH] git: add -N as a short option for --no-pager Johannes Sixt
2018-04-25 0:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-25 5:45 ` Beat Bolli <bbolli@ewanet.ch> [this message]
2018-04-25 6:25 ` Johannes Sixt
2018-04-25 7:41 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-04-25 19:30 ` Johannes Sixt
2018-05-01 11:41 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-04-25 9:21 ` Phillip Wood
2018-04-25 19:31 ` Johannes Sixt
2018-05-01 11:25 ` Kaartic Sivaraam
2018-05-03 17:15 ` [PATCH v2] git: add -P " Johannes Sixt
2018-05-03 20:06 ` Eric Sunshine
2018-05-04 5:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-12-21 12:04 ` Johannes Schindelin
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