From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>,
Heba Waly via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] advice: refactor advise API
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 11:42:53 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200210194253.GA46461@syl.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8slaz1cp.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 11:30:46AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> +static const char turn_off_instructions[] =
> >> +N_("\n"
> >> +"Turn this message off by running\n"
> >> +"\"git config %s false\"");
> >
> > I have mixed feelings on the use of these instructions. Perhaps at
> > minimum the addition of these instructions could be left to a
> > separate patch than the creation of advise_ng().
> >
> > My biggest concern is that this adds unexpected noise to users who
> > want the advice to stay. I'm calling attention to it, because this
> > part isn't a simple refactor like the rest of the patch.
> > ...
> > I definitely tend to recommend more tests than most, but perhaps this
> > unit test is overkill? You demonstrate a good test below using a real
> > Git command, which should be sufficient. If the "turn this message off"
> > part gets removed, then you will still have coverage of your method.
> > It just won't require a test change because it would not modify behavior.
> > ...
>
> All good suggestions. Thanks for an excellent review.
>
> Another thing.
>
> advise_ng() may have been a good name for illustration but is a
> horrible name for real-world use (imagine we need to revamp the API
> one more time in the future---what would it be called, which has to
> say that it is newer than the "next generation"?
> advise_3rd_try()?).
What about calling this new API 'advise()'? The first patch could call
it 'advise_ng' or whatever other temporary name we feel comfortable
using, and then each subsequent patch would update callers of 'advise()'
to use 'advise_ng()'. Once those patches have been applied, and no other
callers of 'advise()' exist, a final patch can be applied on top to
rename 'advise_ng()' to 'advise()', and update the names of all of the
callers.
This makes for a rather noisy final patch, but the intermediate states
are much clearer, and it would make this series rather self-contained.
On the other hand, having a version of 'advise_ng()' on master makes
this topic more incremental, meaning that we can pick it up and put it
down at ease and have more self-contained projects.
I don't really have a preference between the two approaches, but if we
go with the latter, I do think we need something better than
'advise_ng'. Maybe 'advise_warn'? I don't know.
> Thanks.
Thanks,
Taylor
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-10 19:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-10 5:04 [PATCH] advice: refactor advise API Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-10 14:38 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-02-10 19:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-10 19:42 ` Taylor Blau [this message]
2020-02-10 22:29 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-02-11 0:08 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-12 20:57 ` Taylor Blau
2020-02-10 23:56 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-11 2:39 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-02-10 20:37 ` Jeff King
2020-02-10 22:55 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-02-11 2:35 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-11 19:49 ` Jeff King
2020-02-11 19:51 ` Jeff King
2020-02-11 2:20 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-10 22:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-11 2:01 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-11 6:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-16 21:39 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] [RFC][Outreachy] " Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-16 21:39 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] " Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-17 3:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-17 10:03 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-19 9:59 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-16 21:39 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] advice: extract vadvise() from advise() Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-17 0:09 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] [RFC][Outreachy] advice: refactor advise API Junio C Hamano
2020-02-19 20:33 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] [Outreachy] advice: revamp " Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-19 20:34 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] " Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-20 1:37 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-02-21 0:31 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-19 20:34 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] advice: extract vadvise() from advise() Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-20 1:42 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-02-21 0:34 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-24 15:13 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] [Outreachy] advice: revamp advise API Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-24 15:13 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] advice: extract vadvise() from advise() Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-24 22:04 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-02-24 15:13 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] advice: revamp advise API Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-24 22:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-24 22:11 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-02-24 23:51 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-24 23:49 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-24 23:45 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-02-24 15:13 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] tag: use new advice API to check visibility Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-24 22:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-24 23:46 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-02-25 10:55 ` [PATCH v5 0/3] [Outreachy] advice: revamp advise API Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-25 10:55 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] advice: extract vadvise() from advise() Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-25 10:55 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] advice: revamp advise API Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-25 17:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-25 19:56 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-02-25 20:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-25 20:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-25 21:19 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-25 22:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-26 0:37 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-26 3:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-26 20:28 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-26 20:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-26 21:48 ` Jonathan Tan
2020-02-25 10:55 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] tag: use new advice API to check visibility Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-25 17:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-27 4:35 ` [PATCH v6 0/4] [Outreachy] advice: revamp advise API Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-27 4:35 ` [PATCH v6 1/4] advice: extract vadvise() from advise() Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-27 4:35 ` [PATCH v6 2/4] advice: change "setupStreamFailure" to "setUpstreamFailure" Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-27 17:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-27 4:35 ` [PATCH v6 3/4] advice: revamp advise API Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-02-27 20:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-29 0:58 ` Heba Waly
2020-02-27 4:35 ` [PATCH v6 4/4] tag: use new advice API to check visibility Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-03-02 20:01 ` [PATCH v7 0/4] [Outreachy] advice: revamp advise API Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-03-02 20:01 ` [PATCH v7 1/4] advice: extract vadvise() from advise() Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-03-02 20:01 ` [PATCH v7 2/4] advice: change "setupStreamFailure" to "setUpstreamFailure" Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-03-02 20:01 ` [PATCH v7 3/4] advice: revamp advise API Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
2020-03-02 21:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-03-03 14:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-03-04 3:22 ` Heba Waly
2020-03-02 20:02 ` [PATCH v7 4/4] tag: use new advice API to check visibility Heba Waly via GitGitGadget
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