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Re: [PATCH 02/12] completion: simplify __gitcomp

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 8, 2012, 14:36 UTC
Message-ID
<20120408143621.GA2631@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<CAMP44s3c2SNSh=TGhYv=JKGu4QJfPB_xoBip5wwLoDh3dLHYNw@mail.gmail.com>
(dropping Shawn from cc since I'm not under the impression he works
 on the completion script these days)
Felipe Contreras wrote:
> Whoa! Breaking their tab completion? Where? Can you show me some evidence?
If you weren't listening before, I'm not sure what I can add now[*].

Luckily, I already said what I needed to say. Yes, cleanups can be good when they don't break things, and no, cleanups that break things are not good. Sometimes it is not obvious which category each case falls into. As you well know, "tests pass" is not enough (e.g., sometimes there are no tests!). If you want someone to argue with, you can find someone else.

Sorry, Jonathan

[*] To be extra, extra clear: I never said your patch breaks people's custom tab completion scripts. I said it might do so and that that is not very comforting to apply the patch when no one seems to have thought carefully about how to investigate that and mitigate the damage if there is any.

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Message 22 of 48 in “Bash completion rework”
  1. 00/12 Bash completion reworkFelipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2012
  2. 01/12 tests: add initial bash completion testsFelipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2012
  4. Jeff KingApr 8, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2012
  6. Jeff KingApr 8, 2012
  7. Jeff KingApr 8, 2012
  8. Andreas SchwabApr 8, 2012
  9. Jeff KingApr 8, 2012
  10. Felipe ContrerasApr 11, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 11, 2012
  12. Jeff KingApr 8, 2012
  13. Jonathan NiederApr 8, 2012
  14. Jeff KingApr 8, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2012
  16. John KeepingApr 8, 2012
  17. 02/12 completion: simplify __gitcompFelipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2012
  18. SZEDER GáborApr 8, 2012
  19. Felipe ContrerasApr 8, 2012
  20. Jonathan NiederApr 8, 2012
  21. Felipe ContrerasApr 8, 2012
  22. Jonathan NiederApr 8, 2012
  23. Felipe ContrerasApr 8, 2012
  24. Johannes SixtApr 9, 2012
  25. Felipe ContrerasApr 9, 2012
  26. Felipe ContrerasApr 8, 2012
  27. Jonathan NiederApr 8, 2012
  28. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2012
  29. 03/12 completion: simplify __gitcomp_1Felipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2012
  30. 04/12 completion: trivial simplificationFelipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2012
  31. 05/12 completion: add missing global optionsFelipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2012
  32. John KeepingApr 8, 2012
  33. SZEDER GáborApr 8, 2012
  34. 06/12 tests: add more bash completion testsFelipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2012
  35. 07/12 completion: simplify command stuffFelipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2012
  36. SZEDER GáborApr 11, 2012
  37. Felipe ContrerasApr 11, 2012
  38. SZEDER GáborApr 11, 2012
  39. Felipe ContrerasApr 11, 2012
  40. Felipe ContrerasApr 12, 2012
  41. 08/12 completion: simplify _git_bundleFelipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2012
  42. 09/12 completion: calculate argument position properlyFelipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2012
  43. 10/12 completion: add new git_complete helperFelipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2012
  44. SZEDER GáborApr 11, 2012
  45. Felipe ContrerasApr 11, 2012
  46. 11/12 test: add tests for aliases in bash completionFelipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2012
  47. Felipe ContrerasApr 8, 2012
  48. 12/12 completion: rename _git and _gitkFelipe Contreras, Apr 8, 2012

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