From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>,
Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 13/17] ref-filter: add `:dir` and `:base` options for ref printing atoms
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:19:04 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <FAA5CD51-8772-4AA9-A9BF-F32C9D0A47CA@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq4m38vdw4.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
On November 15, 2016 9:42:03 AM PST, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>I think you are going in the right direction. I had a similar
>thought but built around a different axis. I.e. if strip=1 strips
>one from the left, perhaps we want to have rstrip=1 that strips one
>from the right, and also strip=-1 to mean strip everything except
>one from the left and so on?. I think this and your keep (and
>perhaps you'll have rkeep for completeness) have the same expressive
>power. I do not offhand have a preference one over the other.
I prefer strip implemented with negative numbers. That is simple and expressive and if we need we can implement rstrip if necessary.
>
>Somehow it sounds a bit strange to me to treat 'remotes' as the same
>class of token as 'heads' and 'tags' (I'd expect 'heads' and
>'remotes/origin' would be at the same level in end-user's mind), but
>that is probably an unrelated tangent. The reason this series wants
>to introduce :base must be to emulate an existing feature, so that
>existing feature is a concrete counter-example that argues against
>my "it sounds a bit strange" reaction.
It may be a bit strange indeed. What is the requirement for this?
I think implementing a strip and rstrip ( if necessary ) with negative numbers would be most ideal.
Thanks
Jake
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-11-16 1:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-08 20:11 [PATCH v7 00/17] port branch.c to use ref-filter's printing options Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 20:11 ` [PATCH v7 01/17] ref-filter: implement %(if), %(then), and %(else) atoms Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 23:13 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-10 17:11 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-10 23:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-11 9:13 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-10 23:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-11 9:10 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 20:11 ` [PATCH v7 02/17] ref-filter: include reference to 'used_atom' within 'atom_value' Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 23:16 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-10 17:16 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 20:11 ` [PATCH v7 03/17] ref-filter: implement %(if:equals=<string>) and %(if:notequals=<string>) Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 23:22 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-10 17:31 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-11 5:27 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-10 23:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-11 5:25 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-12 9:19 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-18 19:58 ` Jakub Narębski
2016-11-20 7:23 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 20:11 ` [PATCH v7 04/17] ref-filter: modify "%(objectname:short)" to take length Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 23:27 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-10 17:36 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-11 5:29 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-12 9:56 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-10 23:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-08 20:11 ` [PATCH v7 05/17] ref-filter: move get_head_description() from branch.c Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 23:31 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-10 19:01 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 20:12 ` [PATCH v7 06/17] ref-filter: introduce format_ref_array_item() Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 23:32 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-08 20:12 ` [PATCH v7 07/17] ref-filter: make %(upstream:track) prints "[gone]" for invalid upstreams Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 23:37 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-12 18:48 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 20:12 ` [PATCH v7 08/17] ref-filter: add support for %(upstream:track,nobracket) Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 23:45 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-12 20:01 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 20:12 ` [PATCH v7 09/17] ref-filter: make "%(symref)" atom work with the ':short' modifier Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 23:46 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-18 21:34 ` Jakub Narębski
2016-11-20 7:31 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 20:12 ` [PATCH v7 10/17] ref-filter: introduce refname_atom_parser_internal() Karthik Nayak
2016-11-18 21:36 ` Jakub Narębski
2016-11-20 7:34 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 20:12 ` [PATCH v7 11/17] ref-filter: introduce symref_atom_parser() and refname_atom_parser() Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 23:52 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-12 20:12 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 20:12 ` [PATCH v7 12/17] ref-filter: make remote_ref_atom_parser() use refname_atom_parser_internal() Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 23:54 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-08 20:12 ` [PATCH v7 13/17] ref-filter: add `:dir` and `:base` options for ref printing atoms Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 23:58 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-13 14:07 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-14 1:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-14 19:36 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-14 19:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-15 6:48 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-15 7:55 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-15 7:56 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-15 17:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-15 21:19 ` Jacob Keller [this message]
2016-11-16 7:58 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-17 18:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-18 7:33 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-18 8:19 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-18 18:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-18 21:49 ` Jakub Narębski
2016-11-20 15:16 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-20 16:52 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-20 17:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-20 18:43 ` Jakub Narębski
2016-11-22 18:34 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 20:12 ` [PATCH v7 14/17] ref-filter: allow porcelain to translate messages in the output Karthik Nayak
2016-11-09 0:00 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-18 22:46 ` Jakub Narębski
2016-11-20 15:33 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-21 8:41 ` Matthieu Moy
2016-11-22 18:33 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 20:12 ` [PATCH v7 15/17] branch, tag: use porcelain output Karthik Nayak
2016-11-09 0:01 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-08 20:12 ` [PATCH v7 16/17] branch: use ref-filter printing APIs Karthik Nayak
2016-11-09 0:14 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-14 19:23 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-15 1:36 ` Jacob Keller
2016-11-17 19:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-17 22:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-22 18:31 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-08 20:12 ` [PATCH v7 17/17] branch: implement '--format' option Karthik Nayak
2016-11-09 0:15 ` [PATCH v7 00/17] port branch.c to use ref-filter's printing options Jacob Keller
2016-11-14 19:24 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-15 20:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-15 20:57 ` Re* " Junio C Hamano
2016-11-16 15:31 ` Karthik Nayak
2016-11-18 23:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-11-20 7:08 ` Karthik Nayak
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