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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>,
	Jeff Hostetler <git@jeffhostetler.com>,
	Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] mergetool: use get_merge_tool function
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:36:01 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqbm0uzu9a.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ff83d25ff2d0b9585b52c7e28cd7b93292b5304d.1556142510.git.liu.denton@gmail.com> (Denton Liu's message of "Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:47:00 -0700")

Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> writes:

> This change is not completely backwards compatible as there may be
> external users of git-mergetool--lib. However, only one user,
> git-diffall[1], was found from searching GitHub and Google. It seems
> very unlikely that there exists an external caller that would take into
> account the return code of `get_merge_tool` as it would always return 0
> before this change so this change probably does not affect any external
> users.

Sounds like a risk that is OK to accept, as it is easy enough to
reintroduce the middle layer function like you did in the previous
round when it becomes an issue.

Will queue; thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-25  2:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-22  5:07 [PATCH 0/5] difftool and mergetool improvements Denton Liu
2019-04-22  5:07 ` [PATCH 1/5] t7610: add mergetool --gui tests Denton Liu
2019-04-22  5:07 ` [PATCH 2/5] mergetool: use get_merge_tool function Denton Liu
2019-04-22  7:07   ` Eric Sunshine
2019-04-22  8:35     ` Denton Liu
2019-04-22  5:07 ` [PATCH 3/5] mergetool: fallback to tool when guitool unavailable Denton Liu
2019-04-22  5:07 ` [PATCH 4/5] difftool: make --gui, --tool and --extcmd exclusive Denton Liu
2019-04-22  7:03   ` Eric Sunshine
2019-04-22  5:07 ` [PATCH 5/5] difftool: fallback on merge.guitool Denton Liu
2019-04-22 18:18   ` Jeff Hostetler
2019-04-22 18:33     ` Denton Liu
2019-04-23  8:53 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] difftool and mergetool improvements Denton Liu
2019-04-23  8:53   ` [PATCH v2 1/5] t7610: add mergetool --gui tests Denton Liu
2019-04-24  7:07     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-04-23  8:54   ` [PATCH v2 2/5] mergetool: use get_merge_tool_guessed function Denton Liu
2019-04-24  7:27     ` Junio C Hamano
2019-04-23  8:54   ` [PATCH v2 3/5] mergetool: fallback to tool when guitool unavailable Denton Liu
2019-04-23  8:54   ` [PATCH v2 4/5] difftool: make --gui, --tool and --extcmd mutually exclusive Denton Liu
2019-04-23  8:54   ` [PATCH v2 5/5] difftool: fallback on merge.guitool Denton Liu
2019-04-24 22:46   ` [PATCH v3 0/6] difftool and mergetool improvements Denton Liu
2019-04-24 22:46     ` [PATCH v3 1/6] t7610: unsuppress output Denton Liu
2019-04-25  2:31       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-04-24 22:46     ` [PATCH v3 2/6] t7610: add mergetool --gui tests Denton Liu
2019-04-24 22:47     ` [PATCH v3 3/6] mergetool: use get_merge_tool function Denton Liu
2019-04-25  2:36       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2019-04-24 22:47     ` [PATCH v3 4/6] mergetool: fallback to tool when guitool unavailable Denton Liu
2019-04-25  3:02       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-04-25  5:16         ` Denton Liu
2019-04-24 22:47     ` [PATCH v3 5/6] difftool: make --gui, --tool and --extcmd mutually exclusive Denton Liu
2019-04-24 22:47     ` [PATCH v3 6/6] difftool: fallback on merge.guitool Denton Liu
2019-04-25  3:10       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-04-25  9:54     ` [PATCH v4 0/6] difftool and mergetool improvements Denton Liu
2019-04-25  9:54       ` [PATCH v4 1/6] t7610: unsuppress output Denton Liu
2019-04-25  9:54       ` [PATCH v4 2/6] t7610: add mergetool --gui tests Denton Liu
2019-04-25  9:54       ` [PATCH v4 3/6] mergetool: use get_merge_tool function Denton Liu
2019-04-28 23:52         ` David Aguilar
2019-04-25  9:54       ` [PATCH v4 4/6] mergetool: fallback to tool when guitool unavailable Denton Liu
2019-04-28 23:56         ` David Aguilar
2019-04-25  9:54       ` [PATCH v4 5/6] difftool: make --gui, --tool and --extcmd mutually exclusive Denton Liu
2019-04-25  9:54       ` [PATCH v4 6/6] difftool: fallback on merge.guitool Denton Liu
2019-04-29  6:20       ` [PATCH v5 0/7] difftool and mergetool improvements Denton Liu
2019-04-29  6:21         ` [PATCH v5 1/7] t7610: unsuppress output Denton Liu
2019-04-29  6:21         ` [PATCH v5 2/7] t7610: add mergetool --gui tests Denton Liu
2019-04-29  6:21         ` [PATCH v5 3/7] mergetool: use get_merge_tool function Denton Liu
2019-04-29  6:21         ` [PATCH v5 4/7] mergetool--lib: create gui_mode function Denton Liu
2019-04-29  6:21         ` [PATCH v5 5/7] mergetool: fallback to tool when guitool unavailable Denton Liu
2019-04-29  6:21         ` [PATCH v5 6/7] difftool: make --gui, --tool and --extcmd mutually exclusive Denton Liu
2019-04-29  6:21         ` [PATCH v5 7/7] difftool: fallback on merge.guitool Denton Liu

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