From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
To: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Cc: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: js/no-pager-shorthand [was: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2018, #04; Mon, 30)]
Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 14:10:19 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPig+cS9pKSXG-9uZo7dhnz2yAnv9VnnuS_B-DMG2cWmGuKcow@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5cd81e58-7cd4-f5df-14e8-2ba3d221e128@kdbg.org>
On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 10:58 AM, Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:
> Am 01.05.2018 um 13:57 schrieb Johannes Schindelin:
>> On Mon, 30 Apr 2018, Johannes Sixt wrote:
>>> Am 30.04.2018 um 05:25 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>>>> * js/no-pager-shorthand (2018-04-25) 1 commit
>>>> - git: add -N as a short option for --no-pager
>>>
>>> I find -P is not that bad after all.
>>
>> To me, `-P` would suggest the positive action --pager rather than the
>> negative --no-pager.
> >
>> Your use case is quite the corner case, I hope you realize that, as it
>> seems that everybody else is fine with having -FRX as default options for
>> `less`... And with copy/pasting from the `less` output. So introducing a
>> sweet short option for --no-pager, for the benefit of maybe even only one
>> user, seems quite... unusual.
>
> Given the ambivalence (or inconclusiveness), I retract this patch without
> offering a replacement for the time being.
Although paged output is generally nice, I frequently find myself
typing --no-pager numerous times during the day, so I, for one,
welcome having a short option (and would be sad to see this patch
retracted). As with Hannes, I too find -P a reasonably intuitive and
easy-to-remember short option.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-01 18:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-04-30 3:25 What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2018, #04; Mon, 30) Junio C Hamano
2018-04-30 15:33 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-05-01 13:46 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-05-02 3:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-02 6:53 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-05-02 10:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-05-02 1:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-30 19:17 ` js/no-pager-shorthand [was: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2018, #04; Mon, 30)] Johannes Sixt
2018-05-01 11:57 ` Johannes Schindelin
2018-05-01 14:58 ` Johannes Sixt
2018-05-01 18:10 ` Eric Sunshine [this message]
2018-05-02 1:43 ` js/no-pager-shorthand [ Junio C Hamano
2018-05-01 18:46 ` js/no-pager-shorthand [was: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2018, #04; Mon, 30)] Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-05-02 23:17 ` What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2018, #04; Mon, 30) Brandon Williams
2018-05-04 18:04 ` Elijah Newren
2018-05-07 4:39 ` Junio C Hamano
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