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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ls-tree: fix --no-full-name
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2023 07:37:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq351hz5xp.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a6326aaa-4f05-4d00-8906-2f50ea8e1e7a@web.de> (=?utf-8?Q?=22R?= =?utf-8?Q?en=C3=A9?= Scharfe"'s message of "Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:41:35 +0200")

René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:

> Overall I get the impression that having the negative form enabled by
> default was not a good idea.  For boolean options it makes sense, for
> options with arguments perhaps as well, but for OPT_SET_INT we would
> have less confusion if the negated form was opt-in.
>
> To make it easier discoverable we could let the short help include
> the optional "no-" part, which would look like this:
>
> usage: git ls-tree [<options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]
>
>     -d                    only show trees
>     -r                    recurse into subtrees
>     -t                    show trees when recursing
>     -z                    terminate entries with NUL byte
>     -l, --long            include object size
>     --name-only           list only filenames
>     --name-status         list only filenames
>     --object-only         list only objects
>     --[no-]full-name      use full path names
>     --[no-]full-tree      list entire tree; not just current directory (implies --full-name)
>     --format <format>     format to use for the output
>     --[no-]abbrev[=<n>]   use <n> digits to display object names
>
> Thoughts?

I like the "optional no- accepted" markings, but I suspect there may
be quite a lot of fallouts.


  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-21 14:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-18 15:44 [PATCH] ls-tree: fix --no-full-name René Scharfe
2023-07-18 16:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-18 20:49   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 12:41     ` René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41   ` René Scharfe
2023-07-21 14:37     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2023-07-21 19:29       ` René Scharfe
2023-07-21 20:09         ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 20:14           ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-24 12:29           ` René Scharfe
2023-07-24 18:51             ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-24 20:09               ` René Scharfe
2023-07-24 20:50                 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-28  6:12                   ` René Scharfe
2023-07-28  9:45                     ` Phillip Wood
2023-07-29 20:40                       ` René Scharfe
2023-07-31 15:31                         ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-04 16:40                           ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-04 19:48                             ` Phillip Wood
2023-08-05 10:40                               ` René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:29           ` [PATCH v2 0/5] show negatability of options in short help René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:34             ` [PATCH v2 1/5] subtree: disallow --no-{help,quiet,debug,branch,message} René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:36             ` [PATCH v2 2/5] t1502, docs: disallow --no-help René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:38             ` [PATCH v2 3/5] t1502: move optionspec help output to a file René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:39             ` [PATCH v2 4/5] t1502: test option negation René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:40             ` [PATCH v2 5/5] parse-options: show negatability of options in short help René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:33           ` [PATCH v3 0/8] " René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:37             ` [PATCH v3 1/8] subtree: disallow --no-{help,quiet,debug,branch,message} René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:37             ` [PATCH v3 2/8] t1502, docs: disallow --no-help René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:38             ` [PATCH v3 3/8] t1502: move optionspec help output to a file René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:39             ` [PATCH v3 4/8] t1502: test option negation René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:40             ` [PATCH v3 5/8] parse-options: show negatability of options in short help René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:43             ` [PATCH v3 6/8] parse-options: factor out usage_indent() and usage_padding() René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:44             ` [PATCH v3 7/8] parse-options: no --[no-]no- René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:52             ` [PATCH v3 8/8] parse-options: simplify usage_padding() René Scharfe
2023-08-05 23:04               ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 12:41   ` [PATCH] show-branch: fix --no-sparse René Scharfe
2023-07-21 14:42     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 16:30       ` René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41   ` [PATCH] show-branch: disallow --no-{date,topo}-order René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41   ` [PATCH] reset: disallow --no-{mixed,soft,hard,merge,keep} René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41   ` [PATCH] pack-objects: fix --no-quiet René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41   ` [PATCH] pack-objects: fix --no-keep-true-parents René Scharfe
2023-07-21 17:03     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 12:42   ` [PATCH] branch: disallow --no-{all,remotes} René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:42   ` [PATCH] am: unify definition of --keep-cr and --no-keep-cr René Scharfe
2023-07-21 13:41   ` [PATCH] describe: fix --no-exact-match René Scharfe
2023-07-21 14:10     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 17:00     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-08 21:27     ` Jeff King
2023-08-08 21:28       ` Jeff King
2023-08-09  1:43       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-09 14:09         ` Jeff King
2023-08-09 16:41           ` René Scharfe
2023-08-09 19:07             ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-10  0:26               ` Jeff King
2023-08-10  1:00                 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-10 19:45                   ` René Scharfe
2023-08-10  0:41             ` Jeff King
2023-08-10 19:10               ` René Scharfe
2023-08-11 15:11                 ` Jeff King
2023-08-11 17:59                   ` René Scharfe
2023-08-11 18:24                     ` Jeff King
2023-08-12  5:11                       ` René Scharfe
2023-08-11 15:13                 ` Jeff King
2023-08-11 17:59                   ` René Scharfe

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