Re: [PATCH] bisect: mention "view" as an alternative to "visualize"

["Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>]

On Fri, 10 Nov 2017, Eric Sunshine wrote:

> Thanks for the patch. Some comments below...
>
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Robert P. J. Day
> <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> > Tweak a number of files to mention "view" as an alternative to
> > "visualize":
>
> You probably want to end this sentence with a period, not a colon.

  not sure about that, what's the standard when you're introducing a
code snippet?

> >  Documentation/git-bisect.txt           | 9 ++++-----
> >  Documentation/user-manual.txt          | 3 ++-
> >  builtin/bisect--helper.c               | 2 +-
> >  contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 2 +-
> >  git-bisect.sh                          | 4 ++--
> >  5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> The diffstat belongs below the "---" separator, otherwise this text
> will (undesirably) become part of the commit message proper.

  no, i actually want that as part of the commit message. my standard
is, if there are 5 or more files that get changed, i like to include a
diff --stat in the commit message so people viewing the log can get a
quick idea of how much has changed. if that's not desired here, i can
remove it.

> > + git bisect visualize|view
>
> I think you need parentheses around these terms (see "git bisect
> skip", for example):
>
>     git bisect (visualize | view)

  ah, quite so.

> However, in this case, it might be easier for readers if each is
> presented on its own line (and subsequent discussion can make it clear
> that they are synonyms).
>
>     git bisect visualize
>     git bisect view
>
> But, that's a matter of taste...

  given the precedent already established:

   git bisect (bad|new|<term-new>) [<rev>]
   git bisect (good|old|<term-old>) [<rev>...]

i'll go with the parentheses and no intervening spaces. i'll let that
posting simmer for a bit longer before posting "v2".

rday

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