From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com>
Cc: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, "Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
"Johannes Schindelin" <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
"Eric Wong" <e@80x24.org>,
"Prathamesh Chavan" <pc44800@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] remove dead shell code
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2021 15:42:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq7dfyioq4.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPUEspj9YPJHcKzjGNR05-FnkzRoZJ0yKC1McA5wM06HgUPVHw@mail.gmail.com> (Carlo Arenas's message of "Thu, 2 Sep 2021 14:29:59 -0700")
Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com> writes:
> Dropping it now would avoid having to change it to `grep -E` as egrep
> gets obsoleted.
Keeping it would isolate the callers from "grep -E" vs "egrep"
because they do not need to know. They can keep calling
sane_egrep().
Having said that, I do not think anybody minds losing sane_egrep().
Many helper functions in the shell library are about encapsulating
the knowledge we have on and around Git and making it easier for
third-party script writers to use the knowledge. The functions like
is_bare_repository(), cd_to_toplevel(), and git_pager() all fall
into that category. sane_egrep is not that kind of a helper (it
encapusulates our knowledge about GNU grep's quirk we found when we
tried to use it in our scripts---third-party script writers do not
need help from Git experts on their use of egrep).
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-02 22:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-02 16:01 [PATCH 0/9] remove dead shell code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-02 16:01 ` [PATCH 1/9] git-sh-setup: remove unused set_reflog_action() function Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-02 16:01 ` [PATCH 2/9] git-sh-setup: remove unused git_editor() function Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-02 16:01 ` [PATCH 3/9] git-sh-setup: remove unused git_pager() function Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-02 16:34 ` Philippe Blain
2021-09-02 21:13 ` Andrei Rybak
2021-09-02 16:01 ` [PATCH 4/9] git-sh-setup: remove unused sane_egrep() function Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-02 16:01 ` [PATCH 5/9] git-sh-setup: remove unused require_work_tree_exists() function Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-02 16:01 ` [PATCH 6/9] git-sh-setup: move create_virtual_base() to mergetools/p4merge Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-02 16:01 ` [PATCH 7/9] git-sh-setup: move peel_committish() function to git-subtree.sh Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-02 16:01 ` [PATCH 8/9] git-bisect: remove unused SHA-1 $x40 shell variable Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-02 16:01 ` [PATCH 9/9] test-lib: remove unused $_x40 and $_z40 variables Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-02 16:53 ` [PATCH 0/9] remove dead shell code Peter Baumann
2021-09-02 20:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-02 20:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-02 21:29 ` Carlo Arenas
2021-09-02 22:42 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2021-09-02 22:17 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-02 22:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-06 7:05 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] remove dead & undocumented " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-06 7:05 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] git-sh-setup: remove unused git_pager() function Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-06 9:49 ` Phillip Wood
2021-09-06 22:27 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-07 9:41 ` Phillip Wood
2021-09-07 10:22 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-07 18:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-07 19:58 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-06 7:05 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] git-sh-setup: remove unused sane_egrep() function Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-06 7:05 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] git-sh-setup: move peel_committish() function to git-subtree.sh Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-06 7:05 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] git-sh-setup: clear_local_git_env() function to git-submodule.sh Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-06 7:05 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] git-sh-setup: remove unused "pull with rebase" message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-06 7:05 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] git-bisect: remove unused SHA-1 $x40 shell variable Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-06 7:05 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] test-lib: remove unused $_x40 and $_z40 variables Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-11 11:17 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] remove dead & internal-only shell code Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-11 11:17 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] git-submodule: remove unused is_zero_oid() function Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-13 3:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-09-11 11:17 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] git-sh-setup: remove unused "pull with rebase" message Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-11 11:17 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] git-bisect: remove unused SHA-1 $x40 shell variable Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-11 11:17 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] test-lib: remove unused $_x40 and $_z40 variables Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
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