From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Adam Spiers" <git@adamspiers.org>,
"git list" <git@vger.kernel.org>, "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 14/14] Add git-check-ignore sub-command
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:49:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50629765.2060107@viscovery.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vk3vhvg5b.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
Am 9/26/2012 1:25, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:
>
>> Am 9/20/2012 21:46, schrieb Adam Spiers:
>>> test_expect_success 'general options plus command' '
>>> - test_completion "git --version check" "checkout " &&
>>> - test_completion "git --paginate check" "checkout " &&
>>> - test_completion "git --git-dir=foo check" "checkout " &&
>>> - test_completion "git --bare check" "checkout " &&
>>> + test_completion "git --version checko" "checkout " &&
>>> + test_completion "git --paginate checko" "checkout " &&
>>> + test_completion "git --git-dir=foo checko" "checkout " &&
>>> + test_completion "git --bare checko" "checkout " &&
>>> ...
>>
>> I find this worrysome. Is check-ignore, being a debugging aid, so
>> important that it must be autocompleted?
>
> The shell function __git_list_porcelain_commands in contrib/completion/
> starts from "git help -a" and filters plumbing commands and helpers
> via a blacklist. At least, check-ignore needs to be added there.
>
> These days, we do not add random subcommands willy-nilly (I still
> doubt if check-ignore needs to be a separate debugging command, or a
> new mode of operation of ls-files or something), so the approach to
> use a blacklist makes more sense. "help -a" is designed to show
> whatever the users throw in their ~/bin (assuming that is on $PATH)
> under git-whatever name, and we _do_ want to complete "git wh<TAB>"
> to that custom command, so a whitelist-based solution is unwieldy to
> construct.
We already have 'git check-attr', but it is obviously not among the
autocompleted commands, otherwise the above test would not have passed.
IMO, 'git check-ignore' falls into the same category as 'git check-attr'
with regard to completion.
-- Hannes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-26 5:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 90+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-02 0:12 [PATCH 0/9] new git check-ignore sub-command Adam Spiers
2012-09-02 0:12 ` [PATCH 1/9] Update directory listing API doc to match code Adam Spiers
2012-09-02 0:12 ` [PATCH 2/9] Improve documentation and comments regarding directory traversal API Adam Spiers
2012-09-02 0:12 ` [PATCH 3/9] Rename cryptic 'which' variable to more consistent name Adam Spiers
2012-09-02 19:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-02 0:12 ` [PATCH 4/9] Refactor excluded_from_list Adam Spiers
2012-09-04 12:32 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-09-02 0:12 ` [PATCH 5/9] Refactor excluded and path_excluded Adam Spiers
2012-09-04 12:40 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-09-04 17:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-05 10:28 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-09-06 3:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-06 12:13 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-09-06 14:59 ` Thiago Farina
2012-09-06 15:05 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-09-06 17:42 ` Adam Spiers
2012-09-06 21:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-02 0:12 ` [PATCH 6/9] For each exclude pattern, store information about where it came from Adam Spiers
2012-09-02 17:00 ` Philip Oakley
2012-09-02 19:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-02 22:36 ` Philip Oakley
2012-09-06 17:56 ` Adam Spiers
2012-09-02 0:12 ` [PATCH 7/9] Extract some useful pathspec handling code from builtin/add.c into a library Adam Spiers
2012-09-02 0:12 ` [PATCH 8/9] Provide free_directory() for reclaiming dir_struct memory Adam Spiers
2012-09-02 0:12 ` [PATCH 9/9] Add git-check-ignores Adam Spiers
2012-09-02 10:41 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-09-02 14:50 ` Adam Spiers
2012-09-02 20:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-03 4:14 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-09-02 20:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-03 1:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 00/14] new git check-ignore sub-command Adam Spiers
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 01/14] Update directory listing API doc to match code Adam Spiers
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 02/14] Improve documentation and comments regarding directory traversal API Adam Spiers
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 03/14] Rename cryptic 'which' variable to more consistent name Adam Spiers
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 04/14] Rename path_excluded() to is_path_excluded() Adam Spiers
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 05/14] Rename excluded_from_list() to is_excluded_from_list() Adam Spiers
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 06/14] Rename excluded() to is_excluded() Adam Spiers
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 07/14] Refactor is_excluded_from_list() Adam Spiers
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 08/14] Refactor is_excluded() Adam Spiers
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 09/14] Refactor is_path_excluded() Adam Spiers
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 10/14] For each exclude pattern, store information about where it came from Adam Spiers
2012-09-20 21:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-26 15:46 ` Adam Spiers
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 11/14] Refactor treat_gitlinks() Adam Spiers
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 12/14] Extract some useful pathspec handling code from builtin/add.c into a library Adam Spiers
2012-09-21 7:54 ` Michael Haggerty
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 13/14] Provide free_directory() for reclaiming dir_struct memory Adam Spiers
2012-09-21 8:03 ` Michael Haggerty
2012-09-21 16:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-20 19:46 ` [PATCH v2 14/14] Add git-check-ignore sub-command Adam Spiers
2012-09-21 5:44 ` Johannes Sixt
2012-09-25 23:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-26 5:49 ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2012-09-26 14:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-21 7:23 ` Michael Haggerty
2012-09-21 16:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-21 19:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-20 21:26 ` [PATCH v2 00/14] new git check-ignore sub-command Junio C Hamano
2012-09-20 21:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-20 23:45 ` Adam Spiers
2012-09-21 4:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-16 19:35 ` [PATCH 0/3] Help newbie git developers avoid obvious pitfalls Adam Spiers
2012-12-16 19:35 ` [PATCH 1/3] SubmittingPatches: add convention of prefixing commit messages Adam Spiers
2012-12-16 23:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-16 19:36 ` [PATCH 2/3] Documentation: move support for old compilers to CodingGuidelines Adam Spiers
2012-12-16 19:36 ` [PATCH 3/3] Makefile: use -Wdeclaration-after-statement if supported Adam Spiers
2012-12-17 1:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-17 2:15 ` Adam Spiers
2012-12-17 4:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-22 12:25 ` Adam Spiers
2012-12-22 18:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-26 15:44 ` [PATCH v2 00/14] new git check-ignore sub-command Adam Spiers
2012-09-21 19:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-12-16 23:04 ` compiler checks Adam Spiers
2012-09-24 22:31 ` [PATCH v2 00/14] new git check-ignore sub-command Junio C Hamano
2012-09-04 13:06 ` [PATCH 9/9] Add git-check-ignores Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-09-04 17:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-05 10:25 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-09-10 11:15 ` Adam Spiers
2012-09-10 11:09 ` Adam Spiers
2012-09-10 12:25 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-09-10 16:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-02 20:35 ` [PATCH 0/9] new git check-ignore sub-command Junio C Hamano
2012-09-06 17:44 ` Adam Spiers
2012-09-07 10:03 ` Adam Spiers
2012-09-07 16:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-19 19:00 ` [PATCH] Document conventions on static initialization and else cuddling Adam Spiers
2012-09-19 20:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-09-19 21:14 ` Adam Spiers
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