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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] submodule--helper: advise on fatal alternate error
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 06:49:08 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191127114908.GD22221@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <26c3b388a24eef7f03eb423c10e21430bc3f019e.1574731649.git.jonathantanmy@google.com>

On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 05:31:00PM -0800, Jonathan Tan wrote:

> When recursively cloning a superproject with some shallow modules
> defined in its .gitmodules, then recloning with "--reference=<path>", an
> error occurs. For example:
> 
>   git clone --recurse-submodules --branch=master -j8 \
>     https://android.googlesource.com/platform/superproject \
>     master
>   git clone --recurse-submodules --branch=master -j8 \
>     https://android.googlesource.com/platform/superproject \
>     --reference master master2
> 
> fails with:
> 
>   fatal: submodule '<snip>' cannot add alternate: reference repository
>   '<snip>' is shallow
> 
> When a alternate computed from the superproject's alternate cannot be
> added, whether in this case or another, advise about configuring the
> "submodule.alternateErrorStrategy" configuration option and using
> "--reference-if-able" instead of "--reference" when cloning.

It sounds like that advice sends people in the right direction, which is
a good thing.

I kind of wonder if the default for alternateErrorStrategy should be
more lenient, but I don't really know much about the feature in the
first place. I'll let people who are more clueful ponder that, but
certainly your patch is an improvement in the meantime.

One minor suggestion:

> +static void advise_submodule_alternate_error_die(void)
> +{
> +	if (!advice_submodule_alternate_error_strategy_die)
> +		return;
> +	advise(_("An alternate computed from a superproject's alternate is invalid."));
> +	advise(_("To allow Git to clone without an alternate in such a case, set submodule.alternateErrorStrategy to 'info' or, equivalently, clone with '--reference-if-able' instead of '--reference'."));
> +}

The advise() function handles newlines gracefully (putting a "hint:" at
the start of each line). So you can put both in a single call, and wrap
the second long line, which also lets translators see the whole message
as a unit. Many of the existing calls define the message outside of any
function (e.g., embedded_advice), which makes it easier to see how long
the lines will be when displayed.

So maybe:

  static const alternate_error_advice[] = N_(
  "An alternate computed from a superproject's alternate is invalid.\n"
  "To allow Git to clone without an alternate in such a case, set\n"
  "submodule.alternateErrorStrategy to 'info' or, equivalently, clone with\n"
  "'--reference-if-able' instead of '--reference'."
  );

  ...
	switch (sas->error_mode) {
	case SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_DIE:
		if (advice_submodule_alternate_error_strategy_die)
			advise(_(alternate_error_advice));
		die(...);

?

-Peff

  reply	other threads:[~2019-11-27 11:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-26  1:30 [PATCH 0/2] Advice upon clone --recurse-submodules --reference Jonathan Tan
2019-11-26  1:30 ` [PATCH 1/2] Doc: explain submodule.alternateErrorStrategy Jonathan Tan
2019-11-27 11:32   ` Jeff King
2019-11-27 12:30   ` Junio C Hamano
2019-11-26  1:31 ` [PATCH 2/2] submodule--helper: advise on fatal alternate error Jonathan Tan
2019-11-27 11:49   ` Jeff King [this message]
2019-12-02 19:57 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Advice upon clone --recurse-submodules --reference Jonathan Tan
2019-12-02 19:57   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] Doc: explain submodule.alternateErrorStrategy Jonathan Tan
2019-12-02 19:57   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] submodule--helper: advise on fatal alternate error Jonathan Tan
2019-12-03 15:39   ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Advice upon clone --recurse-submodules --reference Jeff King
2019-12-03 16:50     ` Junio C Hamano

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