From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>
Cc: phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk, Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ls-tree: fix --no-full-name
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 08:31:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqjzug14jo.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <31b71333-de8b-d9a8-3ec4-1bad9cae2bf3@web.de> (=?utf-8?Q?=22R?= =?utf-8?Q?en=C3=A9?= Scharfe"'s message of "Sat, 29 Jul 2023 22:40:19 +0200")
René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:
> A bit more verbose still: Document the negative form on its own line
> with a generated description -- requires no new syntax:
>
> -v, --invert-match show non-matching lines
> --no-invert-match opposite of --invert-match, default
> -I, --no-index find in contents not managed by git
> --index opposite of --no-index, default
I would expect _("opposite of %s, default") is acceptable by l10n
folks, and assuming it is, the above would be a good approach.
> All these imperfect solutions make me wish we could get rid of the
> problem, e.g. by converting all "no-" options to their positive variants
> and mentioning that they are the default. Won't fly, though,
> because ...
True.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-31 15:31 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
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 [this message]
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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