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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Stavros Ntentos <stdedos@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, stdedos+git@gmail.com, bagasdotme@gmail.com,
	peff@peff.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pathspec: advice: long and short forms are incompatible
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:37:35 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqo8f0ee5c.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmtunks8q.fsf@gitster.g> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Sun, 28 Mar 2021 12:12:05 -0700")

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

>> +static const char mixed_pathspec_magic[] = N_(
>> +	"'%.*s...': cannot mix shortform magic with longform [e.g. like :(glob)].\n"
>
> OK.  Just a bit of bikeshedding.
>
> cannot mix short and long form magic
> cannot mix shortform magic with longform
> 	
> The former is a bit shorter.  Also, if we show (with %.*s) the
> actual beginning of their attempt, e.g.  when they gave us [*]
>
> 	git show -- ':!(global,icase)foo'
>
> if we show
> ...
> 	':!(...': cannot mix short and long form pathspec magic
>
> it may be sufficiently clear where the problem is.

I meant "clear where the problem is, without adding [e.g. like :(glob)]".

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-30 17:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-26 20:44 Pathspec does not accept / does not warn for specific pathspecs Σταύρος Ντέντος
2021-02-26 23:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-25 10:22   ` [PATCH v1 0/1] pathspec: warn for a no-glob entry that contains `**` Σταύρος Ντέντος
2021-03-25 10:22     ` [PATCH v1 1/1] " Σταύρος Ντέντος
2021-03-25 11:00       ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-03-25 11:04       ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-03-25 16:09         ` Stavros Ntentos
2021-03-25 20:09           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-25 23:36   ` [PATCH v2 0/1] " Σταύρος Ντέντος
2021-03-25 23:36   ` [PATCH v2 1/1] " Σταύρος Ντέντος
2021-03-26  0:41     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-26  1:32       ` Eric Sunshine
2021-03-26  3:02         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-26  5:13           ` Jeff King
2021-03-26 15:43             ` Stavros Ntentos
2021-03-26 15:48     ` [PATCH v3 1/2] " Stavros Ntentos
2021-03-26 15:48       ` [PATCH v3 2/2] pathspec: convert no-glob warn to advice Stavros Ntentos
2021-03-26  2:40   ` [RFC PATCH v1 0/1] pathspec: warn: long and short forms are incompatible Σταύρος Ντέντος
2021-03-26  2:40     ` [RFC PATCH v1 1/2] " Σταύρος Ντέντος
2021-03-26  5:28       ` Jeff King
2021-03-26 16:16         ` Stavros Ntentos
2021-03-27  9:41           ` Jeff King
2021-03-27 18:36             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-28 15:44               ` Stavros Ntentos
2021-03-26  2:40     ` [RFC PATCH v1 2/2] fixup! " Σταύρος Ντέντος
2021-03-26  8:14       ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-03-26 15:55         ` Stavros Ntentos
2021-03-28 15:26       ` [RFC PATCH v1 3/3] squash! " Stavros Ntentos
2021-03-26  2:44   ` [RFC PATCH v1 0/1] " Σταύρος Ντέντος
2021-03-26  2:44     ` [RFC PATCH v1] " Σταύρος Ντέντος
2021-04-03 12:26     ` [PATCH v3] pathspec: advice: " Stavros Ntentos
2021-04-04  7:19       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-11 15:07         ` Σταύρος Ντέντος
2021-04-11 19:10           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-11 20:53             ` Σταύρος Ντέντος
2021-03-28 15:45   ` [PATCH v2] " Stavros Ntentos
2021-03-28 19:12     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-30 17:37       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2021-03-30 19:05       ` Stavros Ntentos
2021-03-30 19:17         ` Stavros Ntentos
2021-03-30 20:36         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-03 12:48   ` [PATCH v3] " Stavros Ntentos
2021-04-03 12:51   ` [PATCH v4] " Stavros Ntentos

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