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From: Lessley Dennington <lessleydennington@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Cc: "SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail.com>,
	"Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	"Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Derrick Stolee" <stolee@gmail.com>,
	johannes.schindelin@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] sparse-checkout: custom tab completion
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:56:38 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ee58a0d5-5773-238d-706f-3fb264b6e8db@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq7dayup5d.fsf@gitster.g>

On 1/17/22 11:40 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I'm not sure I follow.  READM<TAB> already doesn't complete to
>> README.md in the following example command lines:
>>     'cd READM<TAB>'
>>     'ssh READM<TAB>'
> 
> If the example were "ls READM<TAB>", it would have been worth the
> time to read and think about this again, but all users expect "cd"
> to go into directories, and "ssh" to go visit another host, and
> taking a local filename as a hint to complete would be nonsense.
> 
> But that is not what we are talking about (and it is frustrating
> that you know it).
> 
> To users, what sparse-checkout takes look like local pathnames, not
> necessarily limited to directory names (if you disagree, go back and
> read what SZEDER wrote to trigger this thread).
> 
> I know it is your preference to complete only directories and
> exclude filenames, but I question if the confusion such a design
> causes to end-users is worth it.

I think perhaps we're a little caught up in exemplifying commands that
are unrelated to sparse-checkout. As Elijah said in [1], the documentation
states that directories and patterns are acceptable to sparse-checkout but
not files. While it is not reasonable to try to offer every pattern a user
could possibly pass to sparse-checkout, it is reasonable to offer
directories and (in my opinion) will help guide users toward correct usage
of the command.

However, since completion on directories is cone-mode-specific, I am
willing to accept the suggestion to only complete directories if we are in
a cone-mode sparse-checkout and apply it in v4 of this series.

[1]: 
https://lore.kernel.org/git/CABPp-BErg-RtyycXaRXYfQHEQXA4q-FU9Q6nYkSHJsqL-04oXw@mail.gmail.com/

  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-18 17:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 95+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-30  0:32 [PATCH 0/2] sparse checkout: custom bash completion updates Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2021-12-30  0:32 ` [PATCH 1/2] sparse-checkout: custom tab completion tests Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2021-12-30 13:43   ` Derrick Stolee
2021-12-30 16:19     ` Lessley Dennington
2021-12-30 17:43       ` Derrick Stolee
2021-12-31 19:27         ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-04 19:19           ` Lessley Dennington
2021-12-30  0:32 ` [PATCH 2/2] sparse-checkout: custom tab completion Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2021-12-30 13:50   ` Derrick Stolee
2021-12-30 16:24     ` Lessley Dennington
2021-12-30 19:26 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] sparse checkout: custom bash completion updates Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2021-12-30 19:26   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] sparse-checkout: custom tab completion tests Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2021-12-31 20:03     ` Elijah Newren
2021-12-31 22:20       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-31 22:25         ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-04 19:25         ` Lessley Dennington
2022-01-04 20:25           ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-05 14:05             ` Lessley Dennington
2022-01-04 19:24       ` Lessley Dennington
2021-12-30 19:26   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] sparse-checkout: custom tab completion Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2021-12-31 22:52     ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-04 19:41       ` Lessley Dennington
2022-01-04 20:42         ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-05 20:20           ` Lessley Dennington
2022-01-05 22:55             ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-10 18:59   ` [PATCH v3 0/3] sparse checkout: custom bash completion updates Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-01-10 18:59     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] sparse-checkout: custom tab completion tests Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-01-10 18:59     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] sparse-checkout: custom tab completion Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-01-15  9:57       ` SZEDER Gábor
2022-01-16  1:03         ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-16 22:13           ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-17 18:14             ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-17 19:40               ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-18 17:56                 ` Lessley Dennington [this message]
2022-01-22  1:07                   ` Lessley Dennington
2022-01-22  1:08                     ` Lessley Dennington
2022-01-22  2:11                       ` Lessley Dennington
2022-01-18 21:02               ` SZEDER Gábor
2022-01-18 21:43                 ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-18 17:59           ` Lessley Dennington
2022-01-18 22:22           ` SZEDER Gábor
2022-01-18 23:30             ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-10 18:59     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] sparse-checkout: limit tab completion to a single level Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-01-12 23:43       ` Lessley Dennington
2022-01-13  0:00         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-13  0:38         ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-13 19:02           ` Lessley Dennington
2022-01-10 20:38     ` [PATCH v3 0/3] sparse checkout: custom bash completion updates Elijah Newren
2022-01-11 17:17       ` Lessley Dennington
2022-01-11 19:45         ` Taylor Blau
2022-01-12 18:35           ` Lessley Dennington
2022-01-27 21:21     ` [PATCH v4 0/3] completion: sparse-checkout updates Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-01-27 21:21       ` [PATCH v4 1/3] completion: add sparse-checkout tests Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-01-28  0:08         ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-28  1:56           ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-28  2:04             ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-27 21:21       ` [PATCH v4 2/3] completion: sparse-checkout updates Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-01-28  1:21         ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-31 20:03           ` Lessley Dennington
2022-01-31 21:37             ` Elijah Newren
2022-01-27 21:21       ` [PATCH v4 3/3] completion: ensure cone mode completion with multiple <TAB>s Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-01-28  1:53         ` Elijah Newren
2022-02-03 20:44       ` [PATCH v5 0/3] completion: sparse-checkout updates Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-02-03 20:44         ` [PATCH v5 1/3] completion: address sparse-checkout issues Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-02-03 23:52           ` Elijah Newren
2022-02-04  0:34             ` Lessley Dennington
2022-02-03 20:44         ` [PATCH v5 2/3] completion: improve sparse-checkout cone mode directory completion Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-02-03 20:44         ` [PATCH v5 3/3] completion: handle unusual characters for sparse-checkout Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-02-03 23:58           ` Elijah Newren
2022-02-04  0:37             ` Lessley Dennington
2022-02-04  4:25             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-04 21:55           ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-03 21:48         ` [PATCH v5 0/3] completion: sparse-checkout updates Junio C Hamano
2022-02-03 22:17           ` Lessley Dennington
2022-02-03 23:28             ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-03 23:59               ` Lessley Dennington
2022-02-04  2:43                 ` Lessley Dennington
2022-02-04  3:28                   ` Lessley Dennington
2022-02-04  4:21                   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-04  3:26         ` [PATCH v6 " Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-02-04  3:26           ` [PATCH v6 1/3] completion: address sparse-checkout issues Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-02-04  3:26           ` [PATCH v6 2/3] completion: improve sparse-checkout cone mode directory completion Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-02-04  3:26           ` [PATCH v6 3/3] completion: handle unusual characters for sparse-checkout Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-02-04  6:05           ` [PATCH v6 0/3] completion: sparse-checkout updates Elijah Newren
2022-02-04 17:04             ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-04 17:55               ` Elijah Newren
2022-02-04 19:54                 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-04 20:01                   ` Elijah Newren
2022-02-04 21:47                     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-07 17:31           ` [PATCH v7 " Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-02-07 17:31             ` [PATCH v7 1/3] completion: address sparse-checkout issues Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-02-07 17:31             ` [PATCH v7 2/3] completion: improve sparse-checkout cone mode directory completion Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-02-07 17:31             ` [PATCH v7 3/3] completion: handle unusual characters for sparse-checkout Lessley Dennington via GitGitGadget
2022-04-06  9:42               ` Adam Dinwoodie
2022-02-08  4:16             ` [PATCH v7 0/3] completion: sparse-checkout updates Elijah Newren

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