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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Emily Shaffer <nasamuffin@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] usage: clarify --recurse-submodules as a boolean
Date: Fri, 05 May 2023 10:30:27 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq5y96ele4.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqfs97cozz.fsf@gitster.g> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Mon, 10 Apr 2023 16:10:40 -0700")

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Emily Shaffer <nasamuffin@google.com> writes:
>
>> `git switch` `git checkout`, `git reset`, and `git read-tree` allow a
>
> Missing comma?
>
>> user to choose to recurse into submodules. All four of these commands'
>> short usage seems to indicate that `--recurse-submodules` should take an
>> argument. In practice, though, all four of these commands parse through
>> the same callback path:
>>
>>   option_parse_recurse_submodules_worktree_updater(...) checks for
>>   set/unset, or passes off to...
>>   parse_update_recurse_submodules_arg(...), which is a straight handoff
>>   to...
>>   parse_update_recurse(...), which only accepts true or false.
>
> "true or false" -> "various forms of 'true' (e.g. on/1/yes) or 'false'"
>
>> So ultimately, it can only be true or false, unlike `git push
>
> Likewise.  Here is a minimally touched up version I queued.
>
> Thanks.
> ...

Any updates on this topic?

      reply	other threads:[~2023-05-05 17:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-07 22:18 [PATCH] usage: clarify --recurse-submodules as a boolean Emily Shaffer
2023-04-07 23:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-04-08  0:03   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-04-08  0:22     ` Emily Shaffer
2023-04-08  0:59       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-04-10 16:41         ` Emily Shaffer
2023-04-08  0:07   ` Emily Shaffer
2023-04-10 23:07     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-04-10 22:52 ` [PATCH v2] " Emily Shaffer
2023-04-10 23:10   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-05-05 17:30     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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