From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ls-tree: fix --no-full-name
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 13:50:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqh6ptnies.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e8225dd-1e8b-8af2-c3e1-0c5834694244@web.de> ("René Scharfe"'s message of "Mon, 24 Jul 2023 22:09:36 +0200")
René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:
> Am 24.07.23 um 20:51 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>> René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:
>>
>>> Am 21.07.23 um 22:09 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>>>> René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> - -D, --no-doubt begins with 'no-'
>>>>> + -D, --[no-]no-doubt begins with 'no-'
>>>>
>>>> Hmph, I really really loved the neat trick to allow "no-doubt"
>>>> option to be "positivised" by _dropping_ the leading "no-" at around
>>>> 0f1930c5 (parse-options: allow positivation of options starting,
>>>> with no-, 2012-02-25).
>>>
>>> Yeah, if there is a better way to document A) that the "no-" is optional
>>> and B) whether it's present by default, I'm all ears.
>>
>> Some options take "no-" prefix while some others do not, so
>> indicating that "this can take negative forms" vs "this do not take
>> negative forms" by "--[no-]xyzzy" and "--frotz" makes sense.
>>
>> Yikes. There are tons of options whose names begin with "no-" and
>> marked PARSE_OPT_NONEG, so "an option '--no-nitfol' that does not
>> have the 'no-' part in [brackets] can drop 'no-' to make it
>> positive" would not fly as a rule/convention.
>>
>> If we do not mind getting longer, we could say
>>
>> -D, --no-doubt, --doubt
>>
>> and explain in the description that --no-doubt is the same as -D and
>> --doubt is the default. It is making the developers responsible for
>> clarify, which is not very satisfying.
>
> Adjusting all explanations manually seems quite tedious.
>
>> We may not reject "--no-no-doubt" but with the positivization
>> support, double negation is not something we'd encourage without
>> feeling embarrassed.
>
> Right. Perhaps --[[no-]no-]doubt? Looks a bit silly with its nested
> brackets, but it's more correct, because it documents all three accepted
> forms, including the no-less one.
It may look a bit silly but looks very tempting. Also it is not
much longer than "--[no-]no-doubt".
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-24 20:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-18 15:44 [PATCH] ls-tree: fix --no-full-name René Scharfe
2023-07-18 16:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-18 20:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 12:41 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-21 14:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 19:29 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-21 20:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 20:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-24 12:29 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-24 18:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-24 20:09 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-24 20:50 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2023-07-28 6:12 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-28 9:45 ` Phillip Wood
2023-07-29 20:40 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-31 15:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-04 16:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-04 19:48 ` Phillip Wood
2023-08-05 10:40 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:29 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] show negatability of options in short help René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] subtree: disallow --no-{help,quiet,debug,branch,message} René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:36 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] t1502, docs: disallow --no-help René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:38 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] t1502: move optionspec help output to a file René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:39 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] t1502: test option negation René Scharfe
2023-07-24 12:40 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] parse-options: show negatability of options in short help René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:33 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] " René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:37 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] subtree: disallow --no-{help,quiet,debug,branch,message} René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:37 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] t1502, docs: disallow --no-help René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:38 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] t1502: move optionspec help output to a file René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:39 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] t1502: test option negation René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:40 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] parse-options: show negatability of options in short help René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:43 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] parse-options: factor out usage_indent() and usage_padding() René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:44 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] parse-options: no --[no-]no- René Scharfe
2023-08-05 14:52 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] parse-options: simplify usage_padding() René Scharfe
2023-08-05 23:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 12:41 ` [PATCH] show-branch: fix --no-sparse René Scharfe
2023-07-21 14:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 16:30 ` René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41 ` [PATCH] show-branch: disallow --no-{date,topo}-order René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41 ` [PATCH] reset: disallow --no-{mixed,soft,hard,merge,keep} René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41 ` [PATCH] pack-objects: fix --no-quiet René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:41 ` [PATCH] pack-objects: fix --no-keep-true-parents René Scharfe
2023-07-21 17:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 12:42 ` [PATCH] branch: disallow --no-{all,remotes} René Scharfe
2023-07-21 12:42 ` [PATCH] am: unify definition of --keep-cr and --no-keep-cr René Scharfe
2023-07-21 13:41 ` [PATCH] describe: fix --no-exact-match René Scharfe
2023-07-21 14:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-07-21 17:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-08 21:27 ` Jeff King
2023-08-08 21:28 ` Jeff King
2023-08-09 1:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-09 14:09 ` Jeff King
2023-08-09 16:41 ` René Scharfe
2023-08-09 19:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-10 0:26 ` Jeff King
2023-08-10 1:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-08-10 19:45 ` René Scharfe
2023-08-10 0:41 ` Jeff King
2023-08-10 19:10 ` René Scharfe
2023-08-11 15:11 ` Jeff King
2023-08-11 17:59 ` René Scharfe
2023-08-11 18:24 ` Jeff King
2023-08-12 5:11 ` René Scharfe
2023-08-11 15:13 ` Jeff King
2023-08-11 17:59 ` René Scharfe
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