From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, christian.couder@gmail.com,
Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 04/11] ref-filter: add 'ifexists' atom
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 10:57:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq8ua0f9lk.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1438066594-5620-4-git-send-email-Karthik.188@gmail.com> (Karthik Nayak's message of "Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:26:29 +0530")
Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> writes:
> The 'ifexists' atom allows us to print a required format if the
> preceeding atom has a value. If the preceeding atom has no value then
> the format given is not printed. e.g. to print "[<refname>]" we can
> now use the format "%(ifexists:[%s])%(refname)".
A handful of "huh?" on the design.
- The atom says "if *exists*" and explanation says "has a value".
How are they related? Does an atom whose value is an empty
string has a value? Or is "ifexists" meant to be used only to
ignore meaningless atom, e.g. %(*objectname) applied to a ref that
refers to an object that is not an annotated tag?
- That %s looks ugly. Are there cases where a user may want to say
%(ifexists:[%i]) or something other than 's' after that per-cent?
. Is it allowed to have more than one %s there?
. Is it allowed to have no %s there?
- The syntax makes the reader wonder if [] is part of the
construct, or just an example of any arbitrary string, i.e. is
"%(ifexists:the %s can be part of arbitrary string)" valid?
- If an arbitrary string is allowed, is there any quoting mechanism
to allow ")" to be part of that arbitrary string?
- What, if anything, is allowed to come between %(ifexists...) and
the next atom like %(refname)? For example, are these valid
constructs?
. %(ifexists...)%(padright:20)%(refname)
. %(ifexists...) %(refname) [%(subject)]
- This syntax does not seem to allow switching on an attribute to
show or not to show another, e.g. "if %(*objectname) makes sense,
then show '%(padright:20)%(refname:short) %(*subject)' for it".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-07-28 17:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 88+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-28 6:55 [RFC/PATCH] Port branch.c to use ref-filter APIs Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 6:56 ` [RFC/PATCH 01/11] ref-filter: add "%(objectname:size=X)" option Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 6:56 ` [RFC/PATCH 02/11] ref-filter: add 'colornext' atom Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 8:45 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-28 16:03 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 9:13 ` Christian Couder
2015-07-28 16:04 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-29 20:10 ` Eric Sunshine
2015-07-29 21:30 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-30 4:27 ` Jacob Keller
2015-07-30 16:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-08-01 13:06 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 6:56 ` [RFC/PATCH 03/11] ref-filter: add option to filter only branches Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 13:38 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-28 16:42 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 6:56 ` [RFC/PATCH 04/11] ref-filter: add 'ifexists' atom Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 7:54 ` Jacob Keller
2015-07-28 16:47 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 8:50 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-28 17:39 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 17:57 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2015-07-29 17:48 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-29 18:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-07-29 18:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-07-29 21:21 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-29 22:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-08-01 6:46 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-08-01 7:05 ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-01 6:44 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 6:56 ` [RFC/PATCH 05/11] branch: fix width computation Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 9:47 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-28 18:16 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 6:56 ` [RFC/PATCH 06/11] branch: roll show_detached HEAD into regular ref_list Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 13:01 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-28 19:19 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-29 9:56 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-29 17:54 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 6:56 ` [RFC/PATCH 07/11] branch: move 'current' check down to the presentation layer Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 13:09 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-28 20:12 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-29 0:46 ` Jacob Keller
2015-07-29 18:44 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-29 10:01 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-29 18:52 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-29 21:27 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-08-01 6:48 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-08-01 7:06 ` Jacob Keller
2015-08-01 9:03 ` Eric Sunshine
2015-08-02 12:59 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-08-02 17:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-07-28 6:56 ` [RFC/PATCH 08/11] branch: drop non-commit error reporting Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 6:56 ` [RFC/PATCH 09/11] branch.c: use 'ref-filter' data structures Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 8:17 ` Christian Couder
2015-07-28 13:48 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-28 20:41 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-29 10:08 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-29 19:38 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 20:38 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 8:22 ` Christian Couder
2015-07-28 20:31 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 8:42 ` [RFC/PATCH 01/11] ref-filter: add "%(objectname:size=X)" option Matthieu Moy
2015-07-28 15:54 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 15:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-07-28 15:55 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 16:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-07-29 16:02 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 7:11 ` [RFC/PATCH 10/11] branch.c: use 'ref-filter' APIs Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 7:57 ` Jacob Keller
2015-07-29 3:46 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 8:09 ` Christian Couder
2015-07-29 3:48 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 14:17 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-29 15:32 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-29 15:46 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-29 15:37 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-29 15:56 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-30 6:37 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-30 7:29 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-08-03 10:20 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-08-19 15:49 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-08-19 15:52 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 7:11 ` [RFC/PATCH 11/11] branch: add '--points-at' option Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 7:46 ` Jacob Keller
2015-07-29 15:44 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 13:35 ` [RFC/PATCH] Port branch.c to use ref-filter APIs Matthieu Moy
2015-07-28 15:48 ` Karthik Nayak
2015-07-28 17:53 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-07-29 15:54 ` Karthik Nayak
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