From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: cornelius.weig@tngtech.com, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: add note about ignoring --no-create-reflog
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 15:27:09 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqefzhmr02.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170201231939.hxhhujpzyb2cqq7a@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Thu, 2 Feb 2017 00:19:39 +0100")
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> Should this perhaps say "currently" or "this may change in the future",
> so that people (including those who might want to fix it later) know
> that it's a limitation and not intentional?
Good point.
> I'd also probably say it a little shorter, like:
>
> The negated form `--no-create-reflog` only overrides an earlier
> `--create-reflog`, but currently does not negate the setting of
> `core.logallrefupdates`.
>
> I guess that really isn't much shorter (I wondered if you could cut out
> the "overrides --create-reflog" part, since that is the normal and
> expected behavior, but I had trouble wording it to do so).
I had the same trouble wording. Another thing I noticed was that I
deliberately left it vague what "default" this does not override,
because it appears to me that those who do not set logallrefupdates
will get the compiled-in default and that is also not overriden.
IOW, "does not negate the setting of core.logallrefupdates" will
open us to reports "I do not have the configuration set, but I still
get reflog even when --no-create-reflog is given".
The negated form `--no-create-reflog` currently does not negate
the default; it overrides an earlier `--create-reflog`, though.
perhaps?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-02-01 23:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-01 22:07 [PATCH] doc: add note about ignoring --no-create-reflog cornelius.weig
2017-02-01 22:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-02-01 22:35 ` Jeff King
2017-02-01 23:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-02-01 23:19 ` Cornelius Weig
2017-02-01 23:19 ` Jeff King
2017-02-01 23:23 ` Cornelius Weig
2017-02-01 23:27 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2017-02-01 23:32 ` Jeff King
2017-02-01 23:54 ` Junio C Hamano
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