From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] diff: add --diff-line-prefix option for passing in a prefix
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 14:21:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqa8gfkpw1.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+P7+xp_sPk6P1qyyDfOgpkXU1GxWPivfSzvveS4PAvGb-=ggQ@mail.gmail.com> (Jacob Keller's message of "Fri, 12 Aug 2016 15:59:17 -0700")
Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Ok so the big problem here is that unlike with diff which has support
>>> for line-prefixes already due to needing it for graph mode, I can't
>>> figure out where to get the prefix added for log output.
>>
>> Doesn't the --graph mode show the graph lines already? I think most
>> if not all of that processing happens inside log-tree.c::show_log().
>
> Yes but the problem is how to get this additional prefix to be displayed for
>
> (a) non graph mode
> (b) for graph mode but display the prefix before the graph prefix
>
> It doesn't seem straight forward, and I haven't figured out how the
> graph code already works.
Because you only need "diff --line-prefix" to work while leaving
"log --line-prefix" broken for the purpose of your immediate purpose
to update "diff/log [--graph and other options] --submodule=<type>"
to show "diff A B" in the submodule, I think it is OK to leave it
broken, as long as it is clearly documented that "--line-prefix"
should also apply to the log message part but the current code
doesn't. Eventually, when somebody wants to add a new <type> that
runs "log -p A..B" instead of "diff A B" in submodules and wants to
make it interact well with "log --graph" at the superproject level,
they need to fix the breakage you leave behind. That would be much
better than "because I cannot figure out how to prefix on the log
part, I'll name this --diff-line-prefix", which will force us to
support that half-baked option forever while having to add a proper
"--line-prefix" eventually anyway.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-14 21:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-11 22:59 [PATCH v5 1/3] diff.c: remove output_prefix_length field Jacob Keller
2016-08-11 22:59 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] diff: add --diff-line-prefix option for passing in a prefix Jacob Keller
2016-08-12 21:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-12 21:21 ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-12 21:43 ` Jacob Keller
[not found] ` <CAPc5daVmyx+EX8H0yETfO6Vv+A7DqBM5bsqrnJdYzbEhVnA1wQ@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <CA+P7+xp_sPk6P1qyyDfOgpkXU1GxWPivfSzvveS4PAvGb-=ggQ@mail.gmail.com>
2016-08-14 21:21 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-08-15 5:32 ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-15 15:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-08-15 23:09 ` Jacob Keller
2016-08-11 22:59 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] diff: add SUBMODULE_DIFF format to display submodule diff Jacob Keller
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