From: ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com>
To: Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] ls-files: clarify descriptions of status tags for -t
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 16:26:55 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOLTT8RXgw0CC7TBUunCPnnk1=5gKkyYZcFQyWu29QM9bn9s9w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <26406a4d8797e68f0ba4fe097cf0973f60d67114.1673584914.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> 于2023年1月13日周五 12:41写道:
>
> From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
>
> Much like the file selection options we tweaked in the last commit, the
> status tags printed with -t had descriptions that were easy to
> misunderstand, and for many of the same reasons. Clarify them.
>
> Also, while at it, remove the "semi-deprecated" comment for "git
> ls-files -t". The -t option was marked as semi-deprecated in 5bc0e247c4
> ("Document ls-files -t as semi-obsolete.", 2010-07-28) because:
>
> "git ls-files -t" is [...] badly documented, hence we point the
> users to superior alternatives.
> The feature is marked as "semi-obsolete" but not "scheduled for removal"
> since it's a plumbing command, scripts might use it, and Git testsuite
> already uses it to test the state of the index.
>
> Marking it as obsolete because it was easily misunderstood, which I
> think was primarily due to documentation problems, is one strategy, but
> I think fixing the documentation is a better option. Especially since
> in the intervening time, "git ls-files -t" has become heavily used by
> sparse-checkout users where the same confusion just doesn't apply.
>
> Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
> ---
> Documentation/git-ls-files.txt | 28 +++++++++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
> index f89ab1bfc98..3886d58d178 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
> @@ -137,25 +137,27 @@ OPTIONS
> with `-s` or `-u` options does not make any sense.
>
> -t::
> - This feature is semi-deprecated. For scripting purpose,
> - linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain` and
> + Show status tags together with filenames. Note that for
> + scripting purposes, linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain` and
> linkgit:git-diff-files[1] `--name-status` are almost always
> superior alternatives, and users should look at
> linkgit:git-status[1] `--short` or linkgit:git-diff[1]
> `--name-status` for more user-friendly alternatives.
> +
> --
> -This option identifies the file status with the following tags (followed by
> -a space) at the start of each line:
> -
> - H:: cached
> - S:: skip-worktree
> - M:: unmerged
> - R:: removed/deleted
> - C:: modified/changed
> - K:: to be killed
> - ?:: other
> - U:: resolve-undo
> +This option provides a reason for showing each filename, in the form
> +of a status tag (which is followed by a space and then the filename).
> +The status tags are all single characters from the following list:
> +
> + H:: tracked file that is not either unmerged or skip-worktree
> + S:: tracked file that is skip-worktree
> + M:: tracked file that is unmerged
> + R:: tracked file with unstaged removal/deletion
> + C:: tracked file with unstaged modification/change
> + K:: untracked paths which are part of file/directory conflicts
> + which prevent checking out tracked files
> + ?:: untracked file
> + U:: file with resolve-undo information
> --
>
Good to see these tags describe are changed, especially "K" (reader
don't know what is "to be killed")
Maybe we should mention which option will output these tags?
e.g. default -> "H"/"S" ,`--other` -> "?", `--modified` -> "C",
`--killed` -> "K"...
> -v::
> --
> gitgitgadget
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-14 8:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-13 4:41 [PATCH 0/4] clarify ls-files docs Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2023-01-13 4:41 ` [PATCH 1/4] ls-files: add missing documentation for --resolve-undo option Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2023-01-14 8:07 ` ZheNing Hu
2023-01-13 4:41 ` [PATCH 2/4] ls-files: clarify descriptions of file selection options Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2023-01-14 8:21 ` ZheNing Hu
2023-01-14 19:42 ` Elijah Newren
2023-01-16 17:12 ` ZheNing Hu
2023-01-13 4:41 ` [PATCH 3/4] ls-files: clarify descriptions of status tags for -t Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
2023-01-14 8:26 ` ZheNing Hu [this message]
2023-01-14 20:26 ` Elijah Newren
2023-01-16 17:21 ` ZheNing Hu
2023-01-13 4:41 ` [PATCH 4/4] ls-files: guide folks to --exclude-standard over other --exclude* options Elijah Newren via GitGitGadget
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