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Re: [PATCH v2] remote show: fix the -n option

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Jun 10, 2008, 01:19 UTC
Message-ID
<20080610011913.GA11793@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To
<7vd4mqdrhi.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> At least I care enough to point out that I think you are wrong in this
> case.  "show -n" in the scripted version was never about "dry-run" but
> was about "no-query".
...
> I am CC'ing Shawn who authored 859607d (Teach 'git remote' how to cleanup
> stale tracking branches., 2007-02-02) to give him a chance to point out
> why I am wrong in saying "prune -n" is nonsense.  Maybe there is a valid
> use case for that option, even though I do not see one.

I agree with you Junio. "prune -n" is nonsense. You cannot know what to remove locally that the remote no longer advertises without querying the remote.

So "prune -n" is nonsense and should issue an error. "prune --dry-run" is different and means "query, show what you would delete, but don't actually delete".

Likewise "show --dry-run" is nonsense. What does it mean to show what would show without showing it? Just show it. :)

-- 
Shawn.
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Johannes Schindelin
Message 23 of 36 in “remote show/prune: strange -n(--dry-run) option.”
  1. Olivier MarinJun 8, 2008
  2. Documentation/git-remote.txt: remove description for useless -n optionOlivier Marin, Jun 8, 2008
  3. Documentation/git-remote.txt: remove description for useless -n optiondkr+ml.git@free.fr, Jun 8, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2008
  5. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  6. remote show: fix the -n optionOlivier Marin, Jun 9, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  8. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  9. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  10. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  12. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  13. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  15. remote show: fix the -n optionOlivier Marin, Jun 9, 2008
  16. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  17. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  18. Johannes SchindelinJun 9, 2008
  19. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  20. builtin-remote: make reuse of code easier by not die()ingJohannes Schindelin, Jun 9, 2008
  21. Olivier MarinJun 9, 2008
  22. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2008
  23. Shawn O. PearceJun 10, 2008
  24. Johannes SchindelinJun 10, 2008
  25. 0/4 remote show/prune improvementOlivier Marin, Jun 10, 2008
  26. 1/4 remote show: fix the -n optionOlivier Marin, Jun 10, 2008
  27. 2/4 builtin-remote: split show_or_prune() in two separate functionsOlivier Marin, Jun 10, 2008
  28. 3/4 remote prune: print the list of pruned branchesOlivier Marin, Jun 10, 2008
  29. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2008
  30. Olivier MarinJun 12, 2008
  31. 4/4 remote show: list tracked remote branches with -nOlivier Marin, Jun 10, 2008
  32. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2008
  33. Olivier MarinJun 10, 2008
  34. Jakub NarebskiJun 10, 2008
  35. Olivier MarinJun 10, 2008
  36. Jakub NarebskiJun 10, 2008

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