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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, "Denton Liu" <liu.denton@gmail.com>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] tests: disallow the use of abbreviated options (by default)
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:07:25 +0200 (CEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1904171354270.46@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqef63qt5e.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>

Hi Junio,

On Mon, 15 Apr 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
>
> > On Mon, 15 Apr 2019, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >
> >> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> >>
> >>
> >> > Do you mean more like
> >> > ...
> >> > I think I can agree with either of the two positions...
> >>
> >> I am guessing from the earlier iteration that you wanted to say
> >> "unless it is given explicitly, we turn it on".
> >>
> >> As this last-minute style update that was botched, and a typofix in
> >> the proposed log message in 8/8, are the only differences, let me
> >> locally fix 8/8 up and replace it.
> >
> > Sure. I still would like the `isset` thing, as it makes things more
> > consistent, but I'll not fight for it.
>
> ${var:+isset} is fine.  Instead of
>
> +# Disallow the use of abbreviated options in the test suite by default
> +if test -z "${GIT_TEST_DISALLOW_ABBREVIATED_OPTIONS}"
> +then
> +	GIT_TEST_DISALLOW_ABBREVIATED_OPTIONS=true
> +	export GIT_TEST_DISALLOW_ABBREVIATED_OPTIONS
> +fi
> +
>
> if you used
>
> 	if test -z "${GIT_TEST_DISALLOW_ABBREVIATED_OPTIONS:+isset}"
> 	then
> 		...
>
> I won't object.  After all, I know I introduced :+isset pattern to
> our shell script codebase as there are cases where it makes the
> result easier to follow.
>
> But the thing is that your patch had the polarity inverted.

Ah! I finally understand what you are saying. Took me a while, sorry.

> Where you must say "if this thing is not set, assign this value", you
> said "if this thing is set, assign this value", which was totally bogus.
> As long as that is corrected, that's fine.

Of course! It should be `-z` instead of `-n` there.

> Having said that.
>
> When you check if the variable is set, use of the ":+isset" pattern
> makes the result often easier to follow by explicitly letting us
> compare with an explicit "isset" token, e.g.
>
> 	case ",${VAR1:+isset},${VAR2:+isset}," in
> 	*,isset,*)	: at least one is set ;;
> 	*)		: neither is set ;;
> 	esac
>
> This *does* make the code simpler and easier.  But when checking for
> "is it not set?", you can compare with an explicit literal "" and
> that comparison is plenty clear enough.  You won't get as much
> benefit as the "is it set?" test would out of the pattern.  I would
> not say that it is pointless to use the ":+isset" pattern when
> checking "is it not set?", but it is very close.

Well, there is also the subtelty that somebody might *want* to set that
environment variable to the empty string (and obviously they would not
deem it appropriate for us to override their choice).

But I do have bigger fish to fry, so if you're fine with the `isset` thing
(fixed, of course), please go for it. If you'd prefer the version without
it, that's fine enough with me, too.

Ciao,
Dscho

  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-17 12:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-25 18:14 [PATCH 0/8] Do not use abbreviated options in tests Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-03-25 18:14 ` [PATCH 1/8] tests (rebase): spell out the `--keep-empty` option Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-03-25 18:14 ` [PATCH 3/8] t7810: do not abbreviate `--no-exclude-standard` nor `--invert-match` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-03-25 18:14 ` [PATCH 2/8] tests (rebase): spell out the `--force-rebase` option Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-03-25 18:14 ` [PATCH 4/8] t5531: avoid using an abbreviated option Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-03-25 18:14 ` [PATCH 5/8] tests (push): do not abbreviate the `--follow-tags` option Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-03-25 18:14 ` [PATCH 6/8] tests (status): spell out the `--find-renames` option in full Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-03-25 18:14 ` [PATCH 8/8] tests: disallow the use of abbreviated options (by default) Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-03-25 18:35   ` Denton Liu
2019-03-25 20:26     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-04-12  8:48       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-04-12  8:50     ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-03-25 19:47   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-04-12  8:59     ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-03-25 18:14 ` [PATCH 7/8] tests (pack-objects): use the full, unabbreviated `--revs` option Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-03-25 20:23 ` [PATCH 0/2] allow for configuring option abbreviation + fix Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-03-25 20:23 ` [PATCH 1/2] parse-options: allow for configuring option abbreviation Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-03-25 21:23   ` Eric Sunshine
2019-03-25 22:47     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-03-26  4:14       ` Duy Nguyen
2019-03-26  6:28         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-03-26  7:13           ` Duy Nguyen
2019-03-26 11:00             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-04-01 10:47     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-04-12  9:06       ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-03-25 20:23 ` [PATCH 2/2] parse-options: don't emit "ambiguous option" for aliases Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-04-17 12:44   ` [PATCH v2] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2019-04-17 16:04     ` Duy Nguyen
2019-04-18  0:48       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-04-18  9:29         ` Duy Nguyen
2019-04-19  4:39           ` Junio C Hamano
2019-04-22 12:22             ` [PATCH] " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2019-04-22 12:34               ` Duy Nguyen
2019-04-29 10:05               ` [PATCH v2] " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2019-05-07  3:43                 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-05-07 11:58                   ` Duy Nguyen
2019-04-02  0:58 ` [PATCH 0/8] Do not use abbreviated options in tests Junio C Hamano
2019-04-12  9:37 ` [PATCH v2 " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-04-12  9:37   ` [PATCH v2 1/8] tests (rebase): spell out the `--keep-empty` option Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-04-12  9:37   ` [PATCH v2 2/8] tests (rebase): spell out the `--force-rebase` option Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-04-12  9:37   ` [PATCH v2 3/8] t7810: do not abbreviate `--no-exclude-standard` nor `--invert-match` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-04-12  9:37   ` [PATCH v2 4/8] t5531: avoid using an abbreviated option Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-04-12  9:37   ` [PATCH v2 5/8] tests (push): do not abbreviate the `--follow-tags` option Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-04-12  9:37   ` [PATCH v2 6/8] tests (status): spell out the `--find-renames` option in full Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-04-12  9:37   ` [PATCH v2 7/8] tests (pack-objects): use the full, unabbreviated `--revs` option Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-04-12  9:37   ` [PATCH v2 8/8] tests: disallow the use of abbreviated options (by default) Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2019-04-14  2:35     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-04-15  2:55       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-04-15 13:09         ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-04-15 13:45           ` Junio C Hamano
2019-04-17 12:07             ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
2019-04-15 13:08       ` Johannes Schindelin

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