From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 21:30:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2.1] revision.h: turn rev_info.early_output back into an unsigned int
Message-ID: <20170612213002.d3t2tamct3vkz7un@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20170610114101.21026-1-szeder.dev@gmail.com>

On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 01:41:01PM +0200, SZEDER Gábor wrote:

> rev_info.early_output started out as an unsigned int in cdcefbc97 (Add
> "--early-output" log flag for interactive GUI use, 2007-11-03), but
> later it was turned into a single bit in a bit field in cc243c3ce
> (show: --ignore-missing, 2011-05-18) without explanation, though the
> code using it still expects it to be a regular integer type and uses
> it as a counter.  Consequently, any even number given via
> '--early-output=<N>', or indeed a plain '--early-output' defaulting to
> 100 effectively disabled the feature.
> 
> Turn rev_info.early_output back into its origin unsigned int data
> type, making '--early-output' work again.
> 
> Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> > But the "users still expect" bit was a bit subtle to me, as I thought
> > you meant users of Git. But you mean that the feature itself is not a
> > boolean, but rather an integer count of how much early output to show.
> 
> Yeah, I wrote "callsites" first, but then realized it's not a
> function...
> 
> Here is the same patch with an updated commit message now saying "code
> using it" and "used as a counter" to make it clearer.  It also
> mentions that an argumentless '--early-output' turns off the feature,
> too.
> 
> I won't resend the rest of the series.

Thanks, this version is much more clear.

-Peff