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From: Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] builtin/fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-only
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 16:18:31 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <kl6lee66zu7c.fsf@chooglen-macbookpro.roam.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmtkvsz6y.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com> writes:
>
>> But maybe I am misunderstanding how Git treats CLI options in general?
>> We don't ever really hide CLI options, even if they are only
>> internal. There is PARSE_OPT_HIDDEN, but those still show up in usage
>> and documentation [1]. So we actually do want users to know about these
>> implementation details?
>
> At least they should be told not to use from the command line when
> they have no business triggering whatever feature these options
> trigger.  

Makes sense. I can add this to the docs if we think --negotiate-only
isn't meant for end users.

>> Presumably, the thought process goes something like this: if we add an
>> option, a user *could* find a use for it (or it might accidentally
>> conflict with a user's flags), even if we never intended it for end user
>> consumption. Thus we need to treat all CLI options with care.
>
> Rather, they can keep both halves ;-)

Hm, do you mean "both halves" as in, they should be able to choose
whether or not they want to use an internal option?

  reply	other threads:[~2021-12-21  0:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-07 19:29 [PATCH] builtin/fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-only Glen Choo
2021-12-09 22:12 ` Jonathan Tan
2021-12-09 22:36   ` Glen Choo
2021-12-13 22:58     ` Jonathan Tan
2021-12-16 18:11       ` Glen Choo
2021-12-17  0:02 ` [PATCH v2] " Glen Choo
2021-12-17 23:35   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-20 19:37     ` Glen Choo
2021-12-20 19:56       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-20 20:54         ` Glen Choo
2021-12-20 22:12           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-21  0:18             ` Glen Choo [this message]
2021-12-21 23:07       ` Glen Choo
2021-12-22  0:11   ` [PATCH v3 0/3] " Glen Choo
2021-12-22  0:11     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] builtin/fetch: use goto cleanup in cmd_fetch() Glen Choo
2021-12-22  0:11     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] builtin/fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-only Glen Choo
2021-12-22  6:42       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-22 17:28         ` Glen Choo
2021-12-22 19:29           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-22 20:27             ` Glen Choo
2021-12-22  0:11     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] builtin/fetch: die on --negotiate-only and --recurse-submodules Glen Choo
2021-12-22  6:46       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-12-23 19:08       ` Jonathan Tan
2022-01-13  0:44     ` [PATCH v4 0/3] fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-only Glen Choo
2022-01-13  0:44       ` [PATCH v4 1/3] fetch: use goto cleanup in cmd_fetch() Glen Choo
2022-01-13  0:45       ` [PATCH v4 2/3] fetch: skip tasks related to fetching objects Glen Choo
2022-01-13  0:45       ` [PATCH v4 3/3] fetch --negotiate-only: do not update submodules Glen Choo
2022-01-13  1:16         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-18 18:54       ` [PATCH v5 0/3] fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-only Glen Choo
2022-01-18 18:54         ` [PATCH v5 1/3] fetch: use goto cleanup in cmd_fetch() Glen Choo
2022-01-18 18:54         ` [PATCH v5 2/3] fetch: skip tasks related to fetching objects Glen Choo
2022-01-18 18:54         ` [PATCH v5 3/3] fetch --negotiate-only: do not update submodules Glen Choo
2022-01-18 22:05           ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-18 23:41             ` Glen Choo
2022-01-19  0:26               ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-19  0:00         ` [PATCH v6 0/3] fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-only Glen Choo
2022-01-19  0:00           ` [PATCH v6 1/3] fetch: use goto cleanup in cmd_fetch() Glen Choo
2022-01-19  0:00           ` [PATCH v6 2/3] fetch: skip tasks related to fetching objects Glen Choo
2022-01-19  0:00           ` [PATCH v6 3/3] fetch --negotiate-only: do not update submodules Glen Choo
2022-01-20  2:38             ` Jiang Xin
2022-01-20 17:40               ` Glen Choo
2022-01-20 17:49           ` [PATCH v7 0/3] fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-only Glen Choo
2022-01-20 17:49             ` [PATCH v7 1/3] fetch: use goto cleanup in cmd_fetch() Glen Choo
2022-01-20 17:49             ` [PATCH v7 2/3] fetch: skip tasks related to fetching objects Glen Choo
2022-01-20 17:49             ` [PATCH v7 3/3] fetch --negotiate-only: do not update submodules Glen Choo
2022-01-20 23:08               ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-20 23:16                 ` Glen Choo
2022-01-20 21:58             ` Re* [PATCH v7 0/3] fetch: skip unnecessary tasks when using --negotiate-only Junio C Hamano
2022-01-20 23:15               ` Glen Choo
2022-01-21  2:17               ` Jiang Xin

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