From: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] pretty: add abbrev option to %(describe)
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:04:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3c3cc160-fe7a-30c1-d65e-209dcc07d76e@archlinux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cSvecU9XSVobxSO-72rFgAMh5D39UcS6SJ2=xFVvnGJBA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/29/21 2:51 PM, Eric Sunshine wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 2:45 PM Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org> wrote:
>> The %(describe) placeholder by default, like `git describe`, uses a
>> seven-character abbreviated commit object name. This may not be
>> sufficient to fully describe all commits in a given repository,
>> resulting in a placeholder replacement changing its length because the
>> repository grew in size. This could cause the output of git-archive to
>> change.
>>
>> Add the --abbrev option to `git describe` to the placeholder interface
>> in order to provide tools to the user for fine-tuning project defaults
>> and ensure reproducible archives.
>> [...]
>> Signed-off-by: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
>> @@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ The placeholders are:
>> +** 'abbrev=<N>': Instead of using the default number of hexadecimal digits
>> + (which will vary according to the number of objects in the repository with a
>> + default of 7) of the abbreviated object name, use <n> digits, or as many digits
>> + as needed to form a unique object name.
>
> There's still an inconsistent mix of `<N>` and `<n>` here (mentioned
> in my earlier review). Is that intentional or just a simple oversight?
Ah, sorry... I overlooked that. It was originally copied from the
git-describe man page which uses lowercase and I overlooked that part of
your review.
It should be consistently uppercase here for consistency with
pretty-formats.
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Eli Schwartz
Arch Linux Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
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Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-24 1:42 [PATCH 0/3] Add some more options to the pretty-formats Eli Schwartz
2021-10-24 1:42 ` [PATCH 1/3] pretty.c: rename describe options variable to more descriptive name Eli Schwartz
2021-10-24 4:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-24 15:37 ` Eli Schwartz
2021-10-24 1:42 ` [PATCH 2/3] pretty: add tag option to %(describe) Eli Schwartz
2021-10-24 4:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-24 15:38 ` Eli Schwartz
2021-10-24 1:42 ` [PATCH 3/3] pretty: add abbrev " Eli Schwartz
2021-10-24 5:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-24 15:43 ` Eli Schwartz
2021-10-26 1:34 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Add some more options to the pretty-formats Eli Schwartz
2021-10-26 1:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] pretty.c: rework describe options parsing for better extensibility Eli Schwartz
2021-10-26 5:18 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-10-26 20:05 ` Eli Schwartz
2021-10-26 1:34 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] pretty: add tag option to %(describe) Eli Schwartz
2021-10-26 5:25 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-10-26 20:06 ` Eli Schwartz
2021-10-26 1:34 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] pretty: add abbrev " Eli Schwartz
2021-10-26 5:36 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-10-26 12:06 ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2021-10-26 17:28 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-10-26 19:12 ` Eli Schwartz
2021-10-27 8:05 ` Carlo Arenas
2021-11-03 23:20 ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-11-04 9:29 ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-11-07 12:39 ` Eli Schwartz
2021-10-29 18:45 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Add some more options to the pretty-formats Eli Schwartz
2021-10-29 18:45 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] pretty.c: rework describe options parsing for better extensibility Eli Schwartz
2021-10-29 20:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-29 21:06 ` Eli Schwartz
2021-10-29 21:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-29 18:45 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] pretty: add tag option to %(describe) Eli Schwartz
2021-10-29 20:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-29 21:14 ` Eli Schwartz
2021-10-29 21:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-29 21:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-29 21:44 ` Eli Schwartz
2021-10-29 18:45 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] pretty: add abbrev " Eli Schwartz
2021-10-29 18:51 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-10-29 19:04 ` Eli Schwartz [this message]
2021-10-31 17:15 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] Add some more options to the pretty-formats Eli Schwartz
2021-10-31 17:15 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] pretty.c: rework describe options parsing for better extensibility Eli Schwartz
2021-10-31 17:15 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] pretty: add tag option to %(describe) Eli Schwartz
2021-10-31 18:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-10-31 18:58 ` Eli Schwartz
2021-10-31 17:15 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] pretty: add abbrev " Eli Schwartz
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