From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Jan Krüger" <jk@jk.gs>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] builtin/symbolic-ref.c: add option to output shortened ref
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:28:55 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vwr7752s8.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1330380638-9738-1-git-send-email-jk@jk.gs> ("Jan Krüger"'s message of "Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:10:38 +0100")
Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs> writes:
> In scripts meant to generate user-consumable output, it can be helpful
> to resolve a symbolic ref and output the result in a shortened form,
> such as for use in shell prompts. Add a new -s option to allow this.
I think this one (unlike 1/2) makes sense, but a single letter -s feels a
bit too vague. Always spelling in long option "--short" so that it
matches "%(refname:short)" in for-each-ref might be better, I would think.
Especially given that the expected use case is primarily in scripts not
from the command line, being more explicit and easier to read has value
over being short and easier to (mis)type.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-27 22:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-27 22:10 [PATCH 2/2] builtin/symbolic-ref.c: add option to output shortened ref Jan Krüger
2012-02-27 22:28 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2012-02-27 22:46 ` Jan Krüger
2012-02-27 23:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-02-27 23:54 ` Junio C Hamano
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