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Re: [PATCH 0/5] bisect: Add support for a --no-checkout option.

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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
Jul 30, 2011, 14:19 UTC
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On Saturday 30 July 2011 15:58:16 Jon Seymour wrote:
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> On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Christian Couder wrote:
> > 
> > Sorry but I didn't reply to your previous email when you asked about a
> > "--no- checkout[=<ref>]" compromise. I thought that Junio would reply
> > and then I forgot about it.
> > 
> > My opinion is that if you really want to be able to use another ref, then
> > there should be a special "--update-ref=<ref>" or "--use-ref=<ref>"
> > option that is different from "--no-checkout".
> > 
> > "--no-checkout" looks like a boolean argument. And
> > "--no-checkout[=<ref>]" may make the user think that this option will
> > not checkout <ref>, and then it leads to the confusing question "but why
> > would it checkout this f&#@ing ref in the first place?".
> 
> Good suggestions.
> 
> So, to confirm that I understand:
> 
>     use --no-checkout to control (no-)checkout behaviour and
> --update-ref to specify a ref other than HEAD?
Yeah, I think it would be less confusing like this.

Thanks, Christian.

Previous: Jon SeymourNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 16 of 26 in “bisect: Add support for a --no-checkout option.”
  1. 0/5 bisect: Add support for a --no-checkout option.Jon Seymour, Jul 30, 2011
  2. 1/5 bisect: add tests to document expected behaviour in presence of broken trees.Jon Seymour, Jul 30, 2011
  3. 2/5 bisect: introduce support for --no-checkout=<ref> option.Jon Seymour, Jul 30, 2011
  4. Christian CouderJul 30, 2011
  5. 3/5 bisect: introduce --no-checkout[=<ref>] support into porcelain.Jon Seymour, Jul 30, 2011
  6. Christian CouderJul 30, 2011
  7. Jon SeymourJul 30, 2011
  8. Christian CouderJul 31, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2011
  10. Christian CouderAug 1, 2011
  11. 4/5 bisect: add tests for the --no-checkout option.Jon Seymour, Jul 30, 2011
  12. 5/5 bisect: add documentation for --no-checkout[=<ref>] option.Jon Seymour, Jul 30, 2011
  13. Jon SeymourJul 30, 2011
  14. Christian CouderJul 30, 2011
  15. Jon SeymourJul 30, 2011
  16. Christian CouderJul 30, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2011
  18. Christian CouderAug 1, 2011
  19. Jon SeymourAug 1, 2011
  20. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2011
  21. Jon SeymourAug 1, 2011
  22. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2011
  23. Jon SeymourAug 2, 2011
  24. Jon SeymourAug 2, 2011
  25. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2011
  26. Jon SeymourAug 2, 2011

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