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From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@talktalk.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Gustavo Leite <gustavoleite.ti@gmail.com>,
	Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] add -p: allow line selection to be inverted
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 11:02:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <59492efe-f455-1214-86e4-7a48bbe8f556@talktalk.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqsh942ayf.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

On 13/03/18 16:32, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@talktalk.net> writes:
> 
>> On 08/03/18 17:53, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>> Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@talktalk.net> writes:
>>>
>>>> and use a leading '-' for inversion. I'm tempted to keep supporting 'n-'
>>>> to mean everything from 'n' to the last line though.
>>>
>>> Thanks for double checking.  It would be a better endgame to follow
>>> up with an update to existing "range selection" code to also support
>>> "n-", if you go that route.
>>>
>> I'm afraid I'm not sure exactly what you're suggesting. At the moment
>> the range selection code is in the first patch and supports incomplete
>> ranges. Are you suggesting that support for incomplete ranges should be
>> in a separate patch or have I misunderstood?
> 
> My observation of the situation behind my reasoning is:
> 
>  - There is an existing UI that uses "-X" to mean "exclude what
>    matches X" and that was the reason why you decided to follow suit
>    instead of using "^X" for inversion of X.
> 
>  - Such an existing UI would not have used "-X" to mean "the first
>    possible choice thru X".  You will lose that from your new thing
>    and you accepted that.
> 
>  - It is likely (I did not check, though) that the existing UI would
>    not have used "Y-" to mean "starting from Y all the possible
>    choices thru to the end", but that is merely for symmetry with
>    the lack (inability to use) of "-X".  There is no fundamental
>    reason why "Y-" cannot mean that, and you are tempted to allow do
>    so in your new thing for the same reason.
> 
> So if we are going to have "N-" to mean "everything from N to the
> last line", then the same "Starting at N to the end of the all the
> possible choices" should be allowed in the existing UI (i.e. the one
> that forced you to give up "^X" for the sake of consistency) for the
> same consistency reasons, no?
> 
> For that, if you want to keep the "n-" you did in your first patch,
> the most logical thing is to have a preparatory enhancement to teach
> "N-" to list_and_choose(), and then build your series on top.  Or
> you can do without such a change to list_and_choose() in your series,
> in which case, you drop "n-" support and then at the very end after
> the series settles, add "n-" support to the new code in this series
> and to list_and_choose() at the same time in a follow-up patch.
> 
> 
Thanks for taking the time to clarify that, I hadn't twigged you were
talking about changing list_and_choose() before. I think it would make
sense for that and 'git clean' to match the line selection with "n-". I
just opened it up my editor to do that and was pleasantly surprised to
discover that "n-" is already implemented for both list_and_choose() and
'git clean' so there's nothing that needs doing on that front. I'll
reroll this series with the other changes and send it later this week or
next week

Best Wishes

Phillip

  reply	other threads:[~2018-03-14 11:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-02-19 11:36 [PATCH v1 0/3] add -p: select individual hunk lines Phillip Wood
2018-02-19 11:36 ` [PATCH v1 1/3] " Phillip Wood
2018-02-19 11:36 ` [PATCH v1 2/3] add -p: allow line selection to be inverted Phillip Wood
2018-02-19 11:36 ` [PATCH v1 3/3] add -p: optimize line selection for short hunks Phillip Wood
2018-02-19 12:20 ` [PATCH v1 0/3] add -p: select individual hunk lines Gustavo Leite
2018-03-06 10:17 ` [PATCH v2 " Phillip Wood
2018-03-06 10:17   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] " Phillip Wood
2018-03-06 20:29     ` Igor Djordjevic
2018-03-06 21:33       ` Igor Djordjevic
2018-03-06 10:17   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] add -p: allow line selection to be inverted Phillip Wood
2018-03-06 19:57     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-03-08 11:05       ` Phillip Wood
2018-03-08 17:53         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-03-13 12:06           ` Phillip Wood
2018-03-13 16:32             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-03-14 11:02               ` Phillip Wood [this message]
2018-03-06 20:41     ` Igor Djordjevic
2018-03-06 10:17   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] add -p: optimize line selection for short hunks Phillip Wood
2018-03-06 20:33     ` Igor Djordjevic
2018-03-06 20:19   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] add -p: select individual hunk lines Igor Djordjevic
2018-03-06 21:03     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-03-06 21:20       ` Igor Djordjevic
2018-03-16 10:13 ` [PATCH v3 " Phillip Wood
2018-03-16 10:13   ` [PATCH v3 1/3] " Phillip Wood
2018-03-16 10:13   ` [PATCH v3 2/3] add -p: allow line selection to be inverted Phillip Wood
2018-03-16 10:13   ` [PATCH v3 3/3] add -p: optimize line selection for short hunks Phillip Wood
2018-03-29 18:32   ` [PATCH v3 0/3] add -p: select individual hunk lines Junio C Hamano
2018-03-30 11:09     ` Phillip Wood
2018-03-31 19:20       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-04-02 10:55         ` Phillip Wood
2018-04-02 11:39           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-07-26 10:22 ` [RFC PATCH v4 0/4] " Phillip Wood
2018-07-26 10:22   ` [PATCH v4 1/4] " Phillip Wood
2018-07-26 10:22   ` [RFC PATCH v4 2/4] add -p: select modified lines correctly Phillip Wood
2018-07-26 10:22   ` [PATCH v4 3/4] add -p: allow line selection to be inverted Phillip Wood
2018-07-26 10:22   ` [PATCH v4 4/4] add -p: optimize line selection for short hunks Phillip Wood
2018-07-26 15:58 ` [RFC PATCH v5 0/4] add -p: select individual hunk lines Phillip Wood
2018-07-26 15:58   ` [PATCH v5 1/4] " Phillip Wood
2018-07-26 19:36     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-07-27 10:05       ` Phillip Wood
2018-07-27 16:09         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-07-26 15:58   ` [RFC PATCH v5 2/4] add -p: select modified lines correctly Phillip Wood
2018-07-26 19:30     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-07-27 10:19       ` Phillip Wood
2018-07-27 16:14         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-07-26 15:58   ` [PATCH v5 3/4] add -p: allow line selection to be inverted Phillip Wood
2018-07-26 15:58   ` [PATCH v5 4/4] add -p: optimize line selection for short hunks Phillip Wood
2018-07-27 18:27   ` [RFC PATCH v5 0/4] add -p: select individual hunk lines Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-07-28 10:08     ` Phillip Wood
2018-07-28 12:40   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-08-03 10:01     ` Phillip Wood
2018-08-03 16:51       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-08-03 17:59       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason

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