Re: [PATCH 2/2] Highlight keywords in remote sideband output.

[Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@google.com>]

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 5:41 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> Hmm, do we actually say things like "Error: blah"?  I am not sure if
> I like this strncasecmp all that much.

this is for the remote end, so what we (git-core) says isn't all that
relevant. The reason I put this here is that Gerrit has some messages
that say "ERROR: .. "

> >> +                       strbuf_addstr(dest, p->color);
> >> +                       strbuf_add(dest, src, len);
> >> +                       strbuf_addstr(dest, GIT_COLOR_RESET);
> >> +                       n -= len;
> >> +                       src += len;
> >> +                       break;
> >> +               }
> >
> > So, despite the explanation in the commit message, this function isn't
> > _generally_ highlighting keywords in the sideband. Instead, it is
> > highlighting a keyword only if it finds it at the start of string
> > (ignoring whitespace). Perhaps the commit message could be more clear
> > about that.
>
> Sounds good.
>
> I didn't comment on other parts of your review posed as questions
> (that require some digging and thinking), but I think they are all
> worthwhile thing to think about.

Sorry for being dense, but do you want me to send an updated patch or
not based on your and Eric's comments or not?

thanks,
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