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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>,
	git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] sha1-array: provide oid_array_filter
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:27:53 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqd0t0ktau.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d0t0jghm.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> ("Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason"'s message of "Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:49:57 +0200")

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Sep 26 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>>>
>>> Yes, please. I think it prevents exactly this sort of confusion. :)
>>
>> CodingGuidelines or SubmittingPatches update, perhaps?
>>
>>  Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 6 +++++-
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
>> index 48aa4edfbd..b54684e807 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
>> +++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
>> @@ -358,7 +358,11 @@ For C programs:
>>     string_list for sorted string lists, a hash map (mapping struct
>>     objects) named "struct decorate", amongst other things.
>>
>> - - When you come up with an API, document it.
>> + - When you come up with an API, document it.  It used to be
>> +   encouraged to do so in Documentation/technical/, and the birds-eye
>> +   level overview may still be more suitable there, but detailed
>> +   function-by-function level of documentation is done by comments in
>> +   corresponding .h files these days.
>>
>>   - The first #include in C files, except in platform specific compat/
>>     implementations, must be either "git-compat-util.h", "cache.h" or
>
> Thanks. I had not looked at this closely and was under the false
> impression that it was going in the other direction. Good to have it
> clarified.

Heh, I knew people were in favor of one over the other but until
Peff chimed in to this thread, I didn't recall which one was
preferred, partly because I personally do not see a huge advantage
in using in-code comments as docs for programmers, and do not like
having to read them as in-code comments.

If somebody wants to wordsmith the text and send in a patch with
good log message, please do so, as I myself am not sure if what I
wrote is the consensus position.  It could be that they want to have
even birds-eye overview in the header files.


  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-26 18:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-09-21 22:35 [PATCHv3 0/8] fetch: make sure submodule oids are fetched Stefan Beller
2018-09-21 22:35 ` [PATCH 1/8] sha1-array: provide oid_array_filter Stefan Beller
2018-09-22 12:58   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-09-25 19:26     ` Stefan Beller
2018-09-26  4:15       ` Jeff King
2018-09-26 17:10         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-26 17:49           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-09-26 18:27             ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2018-09-26 18:34               ` Jeff King
2018-09-26 18:43               ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-09-26 18:58                 ` Jeff King
2018-09-26 19:39                   ` Stefan Beller
2018-09-26 19:49                   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-26 19:59                     ` Stefan Beller
2018-09-26 20:19                       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-26 20:51                         ` Jeff King
2018-09-26 21:22                         ` Stefan Beller
2018-09-26 20:44                   ` On shipping more of our technical docs as manpages Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-09-26 21:40                     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-26 23:21                     ` Stefan Beller
2018-09-27  8:58                       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-09-27  6:20                     ` Jeff King
2018-09-27  6:34                       ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-09-27  6:40                         ` Jeff King
2018-09-27 17:36                       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-27 18:25                         ` Jeff King
2018-09-27 21:27                         ` [PATCH] Documentation/CodingGuidelines: How to document new APIs Stefan Beller
2018-09-27 21:43                           ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-27 22:21                             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-09-27 23:27                           ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-09-28  1:11                             ` Jeff King
2018-09-28 16:50                               ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-28 17:30                                 ` [PATCH] strbuf.h: format according to coding guidelines Stefan Beller
2018-09-28 19:54                                   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-28 20:11                                     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-28 21:38                                       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-29  7:38                                       ` Jeff King
2018-09-28 21:42                                   ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-28 21:54                                     ` Stefan Beller
2018-09-28 19:47                                 ` [PATCH] Documentation/CodingGuidelines: How to document new APIs Martin Ågren
2018-09-29  7:46                                 ` Jeff King
2018-09-28 17:14                               ` Stefan Beller
2018-09-29  7:41                                 ` Jeff King
2018-09-27  6:48                   ` [PATCH 1/8] sha1-array: provide oid_array_filter Jeff King
2018-09-21 22:35 ` [PATCH 2/8] submodule.c: fix indentation Stefan Beller
2018-09-21 22:35 ` [PATCH 3/8] submodule.c: sort changed_submodule_names before searching it Stefan Beller
2018-09-21 22:35 ` [PATCH 4/8] submodule: move global changed_submodule_names into fetch submodule struct Stefan Beller
2018-09-21 22:35 ` [PATCH 5/8] submodule.c: do not copy around submodule list Stefan Beller
2018-09-21 22:35 ` [PATCH 6/8] submodule: fetch in submodules git directory instead of in worktree Stefan Beller
2018-09-21 22:35 ` [PATCH 7/8] fetch: retry fetching submodules if needed objects were not fetched Stefan Beller
2018-09-21 22:35 ` [PATCH 8/8] builtin/fetch: check for submodule updates for non branch fetches Stefan Beller

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