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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,  git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] contrib/subtree: stop using `-o` to test for number of args
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2023 08:27:30 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqpm0hur31.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZU4DiTQbKyuuT55k@tanuki> (Patrick Steinhardt's message of "Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:18:49 +0100")

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 08:02:32AM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>> 
>> >>  # Usage: process_subtree_split_trailer SPLIT_HASH MAIN_HASH [REPOSITORY]
>> >>  process_subtree_split_trailer () {
>> >> -	assert test $# = 2 -o $# = 3
>> >> +	assert test $# -ge 2
>> >> +	assert test $# -le 3
>> > ...
>> >> -	elif test $# -eq 1 -o $# -eq 2
>> >> +	elif test $# -eq 1 || test $# -eq 2
>> >
>> > OK, this one is a straight-forward use of "||".
>> 
>> Yes, but why not consistently use the range notation like the
>> earlier one here, or below?
>
> I opted to go for the "obvious" conversion, if there was one easily
> available, to make the diff easier to read.

... and due to the limitation of "assert" we cannot do the obvious

	test $# = 2 || test $# = 3

and feed it to "assert" (and for equality with $#, = and -eq would
work equally fine, and = is much more readable, by the way).

OK, then.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-11-10 23:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-09 10:53 [PATCH 0/4] Replace use of `test <expr> -o/a <expr>` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-09 10:53 ` [PATCH 1/4] global: convert trivial usages of `test <expr> -a/-o <expr>` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-09 11:41   ` Junio C Hamano
2023-11-09 18:48     ` Jeff King
2023-11-09 22:56       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-11-10 10:18       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-09 10:53 ` [PATCH 2/4] contrib/subtree: stop using `-o` to test for number of args Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-09 18:55   ` Jeff King
2023-11-09 23:02     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-11-10 10:18       ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-10 23:27         ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2023-11-10 10:18     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-09 10:53 ` [PATCH 3/4] contrib/subtree: convert subtree type check to use case statement Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-09 18:56   ` Jeff King
2023-11-09 10:53 ` [PATCH 4/4] Makefile: stop using `test -o` when unlinking duplicate executables Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-10 10:01 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Replace use of `test <expr> -o/a <expr>` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-10 10:01   ` [PATCH v2 1/4] global: convert trivial usages of `test <expr> -a/-o <expr>` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-10 21:44     ` Jeff King
2023-11-11  0:14       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-11-11  0:20         ` Junio C Hamano
2023-11-13  7:12           ` Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-11  0:12     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-11-10 10:01   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] contrib/subtree: stop using `-o` to test for number of args Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-10 10:01   ` [PATCH v2 3/4] contrib/subtree: convert subtree type check to use case statement Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-10 10:01   ` [PATCH v2 4/4] Makefile: stop using `test -o` when unlinking duplicate executables Patrick Steinhardt
2023-11-10 21:46   ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Replace use of `test <expr> -o/a <expr>` Jeff King

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