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/
next prev parent 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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