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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Documentation: list all type specifiers in config prose
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 23:40:51 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqd10h7it8.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180306065253.GC3522@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Tue, 6 Mar 2018 07:52:54 +0100")

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

>> +The type specifier can be either `--int` or `--bool`, to make 'git config'
>> +ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and convert the value to the
>> +canonical form (simple decimal number for int, a "true" or "false" string for
>> +bool, either of for --bool-or-int), or `--path`, which does some path expansion
>> +(see `--path` below), or `--expiry-date` (see `--expiry-date` below).  If no
>> +type specifier is passed, no checks or transformations are performed on the
>> +value.
>
> Perhaps it's time to switch to a list format for these?

A very sensible suggestion.  The original was already bad enough but
with complete set, it does become quite hard to read.  Perhaps along
the lines of...

    A type specifier option can be used to force interpretation of
    values and conversion to canonical form.  Currently supported
    type specifiers are:

    `--int`::
            The value is taken as an integer.

    `--bool`::
            The value is taken as a yes/no value, and are shown as
            "true" or "false".

    ...


  reply	other threads:[~2018-03-06  7:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-03-06  2:17 [PATCH 0/4] Teach `--default` to `git-config(1)` Taylor Blau
2018-03-06  2:17 ` [PATCH 1/4] builtin/config: introduce `--default` Taylor Blau
2018-03-06  6:52   ` Jeff King
2018-03-06  7:14     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-03-06  7:08   ` Eric Sunshine
2018-03-06  2:17 ` [PATCH 2/4] Documentation: list all type specifiers in config prose Taylor Blau
2018-03-06  6:52   ` Jeff King
2018-03-06  7:40     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2018-03-06  2:17 ` [PATCH 3/4] config.c: introduce 'git_config_color' to parse ANSI colors Taylor Blau
2018-03-06  6:53   ` Jeff King
2018-03-06  2:17 ` [PATCH 4/4] builtin/config: introduce `--color` type specifier Taylor Blau
2018-03-06  7:00   ` Jeff King
2018-03-06  2:20 ` [PATCH 0/4] Teach `--default` to `git-config(1)` Taylor Blau
2018-03-24  0:55 ` [PATCH v2 " Taylor Blau
2018-03-24  0:55   ` [PATCH v2 1/4] builtin/config: introduce `--default` Taylor Blau
2018-03-26  8:34     ` Jeff King
2018-03-29  1:31       ` Taylor Blau
2018-03-24  0:55   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] Documentation: list all type specifiers in config prose Taylor Blau
2018-03-26  8:55     ` Jeff King
2018-03-29  1:32       ` Taylor Blau
2018-03-24  0:55   ` [PATCH v2 3/4] config.c: introduce 'git_config_color' to parse ANSI colors Taylor Blau
2018-03-24  0:55   ` [PATCH v2 4/4] builtin/config: introduce `--color` type specifier Taylor Blau
2018-03-26  9:16     ` Jeff King
2018-03-29  1:36       ` Taylor Blau
2018-03-26  9:18   ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Teach `--default` to `git-config(1)` Jeff King
2018-03-29  1:16   ` [PATCH v3 " Taylor Blau
2018-03-29  1:16     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] builtin/config: introduce `--default` Taylor Blau
2018-03-30 18:06       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-05  2:45         ` Taylor Blau
2018-03-30 20:23       ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-05  2:46         ` Taylor Blau
2018-03-29  1:16     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] config.c: introduce 'git_config_color' to parse ANSI colors Taylor Blau
2018-03-30 20:26       ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-05  2:47         ` Taylor Blau
2018-03-29  1:16     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] builtin/config: introduce `color` type specifier Taylor Blau
2018-03-30 18:09       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-05  2:48         ` Taylor Blau
2018-03-29  1:29     ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Teach `--default` to `git-config(1)` Taylor Blau
2018-04-05  2:58     ` [PATCH v4 0/3] " Taylor Blau
2018-04-05 22:37       ` Jeff King
     [not found]     ` <cover.1522896713.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
2018-04-05  2:59       ` [PATCH v4 1/3] builtin/config: introduce `--default` Taylor Blau
2018-04-05 22:29         ` Jeff King
2018-04-06  5:40           ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-08 23:18           ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-10  0:20             ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-05 22:40         ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-06  5:50           ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-05  2:59       ` [PATCH v4 2/3] config.c: introduce 'git_config_color' to parse ANSI colors Taylor Blau
2018-04-05  2:59       ` [PATCH v4 3/3] builtin/config: introduce `color` type specifier Taylor Blau
2018-04-05 22:36         ` Jeff King
2018-04-05 22:52           ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-05 22:53             ` Jeff King
2018-04-06  6:05               ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  6:02           ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  5:27     ` [PATCH v5 0/2] *** SUBJECT HERE *** Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  5:40       ` Jacob Keller
2018-04-06  5:29     ` [PATCH v5 0/2] builtin/config.c: prefer `--type=bool` over `--bool`, etc Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  5:32       ` Taylor Blau
     [not found]     ` <cover.1522992443.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
2018-04-06  5:29       ` [PATCH v5 1/2] builtin/config.c: treat type specifiers singularly Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  5:29       ` [PATCH v5 2/2] builtin/config.c: prefer `--type=bool` over `--bool`, etc Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  6:14         ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-06  6:41           ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-06 14:55           ` Jeff King
2018-04-07  1:00             ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  6:30 ` [PATCH v5 0/3] builtin/config: introduce `--default` Taylor Blau
     [not found] ` <cover.1522996150.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
2018-04-06  6:30   ` [PATCH v5 1/3] " Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  6:53     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-06  7:40       ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-07  0:58         ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-07  8:44           ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-07  0:49       ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-07  8:38         ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-06  6:30   ` [PATCH v5 2/3] config.c: introduce 'git_config_color' to parse ANSI colors Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  6:30   ` [PATCH v5 3/3] builtin/config: introduce `color` type specifier Taylor Blau
2018-04-06  7:29     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-04-07  0:42       ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-10  0:18 ` [PATCH v6 0/3] Teach `--default` to `git-config(1)` Taylor Blau
     [not found] ` <cover.1523319159.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
2018-04-10  0:18   ` [PATCH v6 1/3] builtin/config: introduce `--default` Taylor Blau
2018-04-10  1:50     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-04-10  0:18   ` [PATCH v6 2/3] config.c: introduce 'git_config_color' to parse ANSI colors Taylor Blau
2018-04-10  0:18   ` [PATCH v6 3/3] builtin/config: introduce `color` type specifier Taylor Blau
2018-04-10  0:18   ` Taylor Blau
2018-04-10  1:54     ` Junio C Hamano

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