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[PATCHv13 26/30] builtin-notes: Deprecate the -m/-F options for "git notes edit"

From
Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Date
Feb 13, 2010, 21:28 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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The semantics for "git notes edit -m/-F" overlap with those for "git notes add -f", and the behaviour (i.e. overwriting existing notes with the given message/file) is more intuitively captured by (and better documented with) "git notes add -f".

Suggested-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
---
 Documentation/git-notes.txt |    2 +-
 builtin-notes.c             |   10 ++++++++--
 t/t3304-notes-mixed.sh      |    2 +-
 t/t3305-notes-fanout.sh     |    2 +-
 t/t3306-notes-prune.sh      |    6 +++---
 5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
index 35dd8fa..53c5d90 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git notes' [list [<object>]]
 'git notes' add [-f] [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [<object>]
 'git notes' append [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [<object>]
-'git notes' edit [-F <file> | -m <msg>] [<object>]
+'git notes' edit [<object>]
 'git notes' show [<object>]
 'git notes' remove [<object>]
 'git notes' prune
diff --git a/builtin-notes.c b/builtin-notes.c
index c88df00..572b477 100644
--- a/builtin-notes.c
+++ b/builtin-notes.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static const char * const git_notes_usage[] = {
 	"git notes [list [<object>]]",
 	"git notes add [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>] [<object>]",
 	"git notes append [-m <msg> | -F <file>] [<object>]",
-	"git notes edit [-m <msg> | -F <file>] [<object>]",
+	"git notes edit [<object>]",
 	"git notes show [<object>]",
 	"git notes remove [<object>]",
 	"git notes prune",
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ int cmd_notes(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	const char *msgfile = NULL;
 	struct msg_arg msg = { 0, STRBUF_INIT };
 	struct option options[] = {
-		OPT_GROUP("Notes edit options"),
+		OPT_GROUP("Notes options"),
 		OPT_CALLBACK('m', "message", &msg, "msg",
 			     "note contents as a string", parse_msg_arg),
 		OPT_FILENAME('F', "file", &msgfile, "note contents in a file"),
@@ -270,6 +270,12 @@ int cmd_notes(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		usage_with_options(git_notes_usage, options);
 	}

+	if ((msg.given || msgfile) && edit) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "The -m and -F options has been deprecated for"
+			" the 'edit' subcommand.\n"
+			"Please use 'git notes add -f -m/-F' instead.\n");
+	}
+
 	if (msg.given && msgfile) {
 		error("mixing -m and -F options is not allowed.");
 		usage_with_options(git_notes_usage, options);
diff --git a/t/t3304-notes-mixed.sh b/t/t3304-notes-mixed.sh
index c975a6d..1709e8c 100755
--- a/t/t3304-notes-mixed.sh
+++ b/t/t3304-notes-mixed.sh
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ test_expect_success "verify contents of non-notes" '
 test_expect_success "git-notes preserves non-notes" '

 	test_tick &&
-	git notes edit -m "foo bar"
+	git notes add -f -m "foo bar"
 '

 test_expect_success "verify contents of non-notes after git-notes" '
diff --git a/t/t3305-notes-fanout.sh b/t/t3305-notes-fanout.sh
index c6d263b..b1ea64b 100755
--- a/t/t3305-notes-fanout.sh
+++ b/t/t3305-notes-fanout.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ test_expect_success 'creating many notes with git-notes' '
 		echo "file for commit #$i" > file &&
 		git add file &&
 		git commit -q -m "commit #$i" &&
-		git notes edit -m "note #$i" || return 1
+		git notes add -m "note #$i" || return 1
 	done
 '

diff --git a/t/t3306-notes-prune.sh b/t/t3306-notes-prune.sh
index b0adc7e..a0ed035 100755
--- a/t/t3306-notes-prune.sh
+++ b/t/t3306-notes-prune.sh
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ test_expect_success 'setup: create a few commits with notes' '
 	git add file1 &&
 	test_tick &&
 	git commit -m 1st &&
-	git notes edit -m "Note #1" &&
+	git notes add -m "Note #1" &&
 	: > file2 &&
 	git add file2 &&
 	test_tick &&
 	git commit -m 2nd &&
-	git notes edit -m "Note #2" &&
+	git notes add -m "Note #2" &&
 	: > file3 &&
 	git add file3 &&
 	test_tick &&
 	git commit -m 3rd &&
-	git notes edit -m "Note #3"
+	git notes add -m "Note #3"
 '

 cat > expect <<END_OF_LOG
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Message 27 of 35 in “[PATCHv13 00/30] git notes”
  1. Johan HerlandFeb 13, 2010
  2. 01/30 Minor cosmetic fixes to notes.cJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  3. 02/30 Notes API: get_commit_notes() -> format_note() + remove the commit restrictionJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  4. 03/30 Add tests for checking correct handling of $GIT_NOTES_REF and core.notesRefJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  5. 04/30 Notes API: init_notes(): Initialize the notes tree from the given notes refJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  6. 05/30 Notes API: add_note(): Add note objects to the internal notes tree structureJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  7. 06/30 Notes API: remove_note(): Remove note objects from the notes tree structureJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  8. 07/30 Notes API: get_note(): Return the note annotating the given objectJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  9. 08/30 Notes API: for_each_note(): Traverse the entire notes tree with a callbackJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  10. 09/30 Notes API: write_notes_tree(): Store the notes tree in the databaseJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  11. 10/30 Notes API: Allow multiple concurrent notes trees with new struct notes_treeJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  12. 11/30 Refactor notes concatenation into a flexible interface for combining notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  13. 12/30 Builtin-ify git-notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  14. 13/30 t3301: Verify successful annotation of non-commitsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  15. 14/30 t3305: Verify that adding many notes with git-notes triggers increased fanoutJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  16. 15/30 Teach notes code to properly preserve non-notes in the notes treeJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  17. 16/30 Teach builtin-notes to remove empty notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  18. 17/30 builtin-notes: Add "remove" subcommand for removing existing notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  19. 18/30 t3305: Verify that removing notes triggers automatic fanout consolidationJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  20. 19/30 Notes API: prune_notes(): Prune notes that belong to non-existing objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  21. 20/30 builtin-notes: Add "prune" subcommand for removing notes for missing objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  22. 21/30 Documentation: Generalize git-notes docs to 'objects' instead of 'commits'Johan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  23. 22/30 builtin-notes: Add "list" subcommand for listing note objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  24. 23/30 builtin-notes: Add --message/--file aliases for -m/-F optionsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  25. 24/30 builtin-notes: Add "add" subcommand for adding notes to objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  26. 25/30 builtin-notes: Add "append" subcommand for appending to note objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  27. 26/30 builtin-notes: Deprecate the -m/-F options for "git notes edit"Johan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  28. 27/30 builtin-notes: Refactor handling of -F option to allow combining -m and -FJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  29. 28/30 builtin-notes: Add -c/-C options for reusing notesJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  30. Stephen BoydFeb 15, 2010
  31. Johan HerlandFeb 16, 2010
  32. builtin-notes: Minor (mostly parse_options-related) fixesJohan Herland, Feb 25, 2010
  33. Stephen BoydFeb 25, 2010
  34. 29/30 builtin-notes: Misc. refactoring of argc and exit value handlingJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010
  35. 30/30 builtin-notes: Add "copy" subcommand for copying notes between objectsJohan Herland, Feb 13, 2010

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