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Re: git gui: Possible to see which commands are executed?

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
May 21, 2008, 02:41 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> > Sverre Rabbelier <alturin@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Ah, I didn't realise git-gui does stuff that you can't really do
> >> through the regular porcelain. In that case it would indeed be
> >> impossible to print the regular porcelain commands. I think the
> >> '--trace' option should be advertised as 'debugging option' so that
> >> the user can see what is going on in the case something goes wrong
> >> perhaps?
> 
> Probably --trace should be renamed to --debug then?

Well, we do have GIT_TRACE, and git-gui --trace is sort of the same idea. :-)

I was going to call it --debug, but went with --trace as it is closer to GIT_TRACE than it is to say git-describe --debug.

-- 
Shawn.
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  1. Dirk SüsserottMay 18, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaMay 18, 2008
  3. Dirk SüsserottMay 18, 2008
  4. Shawn O. PearceMay 19, 2008
  5. Dirk SüsserottMay 20, 2008
  6. Shawn O. PearceMay 20, 2008
  7. Sverre RabbelierMay 20, 2008
  8. Shawn O. PearceMay 20, 2008
  9. Sverre RabbelierMay 20, 2008
  10. Shawn O. PearceMay 20, 2008
  11. Sverre RabbelierMay 20, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 20, 2008
  13. Shawn O. PearceMay 21, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinMay 21, 2008
  15. Karl HasselströmMay 21, 2008
  16. Shawn O. PearceMay 22, 2008
  17. Nigel MagnayMay 22, 2008
  18. Shawn O. PearceMay 22, 2008
  19. Dirk SüsserottMay 20, 2008

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