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From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
To: Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com>
Cc: "Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>, git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] run-command.c: print env vars when GIT_TRACE is set
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:20:01 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kZDh6paRocJvWCtSEDZ=8+4+h0_QUStqBwkeLcvwqVCeg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180111175316.GD91567@google.com>

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 9:53 AM, Brandon Williams <bmwill@google.com> wrote:
> On 01/11, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
>> Occasionally submodule code could execute new commands with GIT_DIR set
>> to some submodule. GIT_TRACE prints just the command line which makes it
>> hard to tell that it's not really executed on this repository.
>>
>> Print modified env variables (compared to parent environment) in this
>> case. Actually only modified or new variables are printed. Variable
>> deletion is suppressed because they are often used to clean up
>> repo-specific variables that git passes around between processes. When
>> submodule code executes commands on another repo, it clears all these
>> variables, _many_ of these, that make the output really noisy.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  v2 fixes up commit message to clarify about "env delta" and why var
>>  deletion is not printed.
>>
>>  It also keeps child_process tracing in one place/function, this
>>  should make it easier to trace more e.g. cwd and stuff.
>>
>>  Though, Stefan, while i'm not opposed to trace every single setting
>>  in child_process, including variable deletion, cwd and even more, it
>>  may be not that often needed for a "casual" developer.
>>
>>  I suggest we have something like $GIT_TRACE_EXEC instead that could
>>  be super verbose when we need it and leave $GIT_TRACE with a
>>  reasonable subset.

Makes sense. Thanks for working on this!
Code&commit msg look good to me. I agree with Brandon on the
comments grammar to have a missing piece.

Thanks,
Stefan

  reply	other threads:[~2018-01-11 18:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-01-10 10:48 [PATCH] run-command.c: print env vars when GIT_TRACE is set Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-10 18:09 ` Brandon Williams
2018-01-10 19:14   ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-10 19:26     ` Brandon Williams
2018-01-10 19:35       ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-11  9:47 ` [PATCH v2] " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-11 11:25   ` Duy Nguyen
2018-01-11 17:53   ` Brandon Williams
2018-01-11 18:20     ` Stefan Beller [this message]
2018-01-11 19:27   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-12  9:23     ` Duy Nguyen
2018-01-12  9:56   ` [PATCH v3 0/4] " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-12  9:56     ` [PATCH v3 1/4] trace.c: introduce trace_run_command() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-12 13:05       ` Jeff King
2018-01-12 13:11         ` Jeff King
2018-01-12  9:56     ` [PATCH v3 2/4] trace.c: print program 'git' when child_process.git_cmd is set Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-12 13:05       ` Jeff King
2018-01-12  9:56     ` [PATCH v3 3/4] trace.c: print env vars in trace_run_command() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-12 13:13       ` Jeff King
2018-01-12  9:56     ` [PATCH v3 4/4] trace.c: be smart about what env to print " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-12 13:33       ` Jeff King
2018-01-12 18:24         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-12 18:45           ` Jeff King
2018-01-12 19:19             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-12 19:23               ` Jeff King
2018-01-12 20:28                 ` Brandon Williams
2018-01-12 22:54         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-13  4:54           ` Duy Nguyen
2018-01-13  6:47             ` Duy Nguyen
2018-01-12 13:36     ` [PATCH v3 0/4] run-command.c: print env vars when GIT_TRACE is set Jeff King
2018-01-12 13:38       ` [PATCH 5/4] sq_quote_argv: drop maxlen parameter Jeff King
2018-01-12 23:20         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-12 13:39       ` [PATCH 6/4] trace: avoid unnecessary quoting Jeff King
2018-01-12 18:06       ` [PATCH v3 0/4] run-command.c: print env vars when GIT_TRACE is set Stefan Beller
2018-01-12 17:19     ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-13  6:54       ` Duy Nguyen
2018-01-13  6:49     ` [PATCH v4 0/7] Trace env variables in run_command() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-13  6:49       ` [PATCH v4 1/7] sq_quote_argv: drop maxlen parameter Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-13  6:49       ` [PATCH v4 2/7] trace: avoid unnecessary quoting Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-13  6:49       ` [PATCH v4 3/7] trace.c: move strbuf_release() out of print_trace_line() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-13  7:14         ` Jeff King
2018-01-13  6:49       ` [PATCH v4 4/7] trace.c: introduce trace_run_command() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-13  6:49       ` [PATCH v4 5/7] trace.c: print program 'git' when child_process.git_cmd is set Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-13  6:49       ` [PATCH v4 6/7] trace.c: print env vars in trace_run_command() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-13  7:25         ` Jeff King
2018-01-16 22:13         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-16 22:20           ` Stefan Beller
2018-01-17  1:32             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-13  6:49       ` [PATCH v4 7/7] trace.c: print new cwd " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-13  7:26       ` [PATCH v4 0/7] Trace env variables in run_command() Jeff King
2018-01-15 10:59       ` [PATCH v5 " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-15 10:59         ` [PATCH v5 1/7] sq_quote_argv: drop maxlen parameter Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-15 10:59         ` [PATCH v5 2/7] trace: avoid unnecessary quoting Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-15 10:59         ` [PATCH v5 3/7] trace.c: move strbuf_release() out of print_trace_line() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-16 18:24           ` Brandon Williams
2018-01-15 10:59         ` [PATCH v5 4/7] trace.c: introduce trace_run_command() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-17 22:21           ` Jeff King
2018-01-17 22:41             ` Junio C Hamano
2018-01-15 10:59         ` [PATCH v5 5/7] trace.c: print program 'git' when child_process.git_cmd is set Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-15 10:59         ` [PATCH v5 6/7] trace.c: print env vars in trace_run_command() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-16 18:32           ` Brandon Williams
2018-01-15 10:59         ` [PATCH v5 7/7] trace.c: print new cwd " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-18  9:45         ` [PATCH v6 0/7] Trace env variables in run_command() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-18  9:45           ` [PATCH v6 1/7] sq_quote_argv: drop maxlen parameter Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-18  9:45           ` [PATCH v6 2/7] trace: avoid unnecessary quoting Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-18  9:45           ` [PATCH v6 3/7] trace.c: move strbuf_release() out of print_trace_line() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-18  9:45           ` [PATCH v6 4/7] run-command.c: introduce trace_run_command() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-18  9:45           ` [PATCH v6 5/7] run-command.c: print program 'git' when tracing git_cmd mode Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-18  9:45           ` [PATCH v6 6/7] run-command.c: print env vars in trace_run_command() Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-18  9:45           ` [PATCH v6 7/7] run-command.c: print new cwd " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-01-19 21:39           ` [PATCH v6 0/7] Trace env variables in run_command() Jeff King
2018-01-11 10:07 ` [PATCH] run-command.c: print env vars when GIT_TRACE is set Jeff King
2018-01-11 11:13   ` Duy Nguyen
2018-01-11 18:21   ` Johannes Sixt

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