Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] perf bench: Common option for specifying style formatting
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] perf bench: Common option for specifying style formatting
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:01:35 +0100
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> * Hitoshi Mitake <mitake@dcl.info.waseda.ac.jp> wrote:
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> > And I have a question.
> > In tools/perf/command-list.txt, there is the word "mainporcelain".
> > What does this mean?
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> tools/perf/ inherited the command-list.txt code from the Git project:
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> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
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> in Git talk, 'porcelain' is the pretty stuff humans use. 'plumbing' is
> the lowlevel stuff humans dont get to see.
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> 'mainporcelain' are the major commands you get listed when you type
> 'perf' (or 'git').
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> ( i've Cc:-ed the Git list as i never saw any real formal definition for
> this anywhere, maybe i got this wrong :-)
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> > Of course I searched this word on my dictionary, but cannot got an answer.
> > I'm preparing the initial document for perf-bench.
> > Can I add perf-bench with mainporcelain to command-list.txt?
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> yeah, i'd suggest to do that - that will make 'perf bench' show up in
> 'perf' output.
I'll describe perf bench as mainporcelain command, thanks.