From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, karthik.188@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] repo: add --all to git-repo-info
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 07:34:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aMpIaVPdgnbhBvlG@pks.im> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqv7linzex.fsf@gitster.g>
On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 09:19:02AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
>
> > One thing I wonder is whether we actually need the "--all" flag in the
> > first place. Right now, when saying `git repo info` without any further
> > arguments, then the user will be met with complete silence. I don't
> > really think that this is useful as a default in any way, as it makes it
> > very difficult for the user to figure out what kind of information
> > exists in the first place.
>
> If we were talking about interactive tool, I might agree, but for a
> tool for scriptors,
>
> tool "$@"
>
> should not silently turn into
>
> tool --all
>
> when $# == 0. That is asking for surprises.
That's fair. Let's stick with a flag then.
Patrick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-17 5:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-15 22:36 [PATCH] repo: add --all to git-repo-info Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2025-09-15 23:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-16 8:06 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2025-09-16 16:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-09-17 5:34 ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2025-10-26 22:52 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] " Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2025-10-26 22:52 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] repo: factor out field printing to dedicated function Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2025-10-26 23:53 ` Eric Sunshine
2025-10-26 23:56 ` Eric Sunshine
2025-10-27 14:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-10-27 16:09 ` Eric Sunshine
2025-10-26 22:52 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] repo: add --all to git-repo-info Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2025-10-27 0:22 ` Eric Sunshine
2025-10-27 0:24 ` Eric Sunshine
2025-11-17 15:02 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] " Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2025-11-17 15:02 ` [PATCH v4 1/2] repo: factor out field printing to dedicated function Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2025-11-17 18:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-17 15:02 ` [PATCH v4 2/2] repo: add --all to git-repo-info Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2025-11-17 18:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-18 20:16 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2025-11-18 21:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-20 22:50 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2025-11-19 7:32 ` Eric Sunshine
2025-11-19 14:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-11-17 18:14 ` [PATCH v4 0/2] " Junio C Hamano
2025-11-18 20:37 ` [PATCH v5 " Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2025-11-18 20:37 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] repo: factor out field printing to dedicated function Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2025-11-18 20:37 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] repo: add --all to git-repo-info Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2025-11-18 21:34 ` [PATCH v5 0/2] " Junio C Hamano
2025-11-19 7:35 ` Eric Sunshine
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