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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Cc: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
	"Git ML" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Jonathan Tan" <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Subject: Re: BUG: Various "advice.*" config doesn't work
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 09:46:32 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqv8xziyrr.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YfgdsnfQ05ywre8l@nand.local> (Taylor Blau's message of "Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:34:42 -0500")

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

> What I'm more or less trying to point out is that an unguarded advise()
> function defeats the purpose of the advice API, which should exist to
> avoid mistakes like these (where advice is printed to the user when they
> have already opted out of that advice).

advise() falls into the same category as die(), warning(), and
error().  It is a way to consistently format (and with a better
design to line-wrap, than its older brethren) messages.

We do not have "die_if(condition, format, ...)", but if there were
such a thing, that would be a good analogy to advice_if_enabled().

And a short-hand of die_if() would not make die() any unnecessary.


      reply	other threads:[~2022-01-31 17:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-28  9:33 BUG: Various "advice.*" config doesn't work Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-01-31 16:16 ` Taylor Blau
2022-01-31 17:28   ` Junio C Hamano
2022-01-31 17:34     ` Taylor Blau
2022-01-31 17:46       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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