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Re: [PATCH 2/2] init-db: change --template type to OPTION_FILENAME

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 14, 2018, 14:08 UTC
Message-ID
<20180214140808.GB27850@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20180214105149.28896-2-pclouds@gmail.com>
On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 05:51:49PM +0700, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy wrote:
> OPTION_FILENAME has some magic behind the scene, like prefixing which is
> useless for init-db. The $HOME expansion though does come handy and
> makes --template more consistent with the rest (both env and config var
> get $HOME expansion).
Yep, makes sense.
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> diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
> index 68ff4ad75a..d6bd9f19cb 100644
> --- a/builtin/init-db.c
> +++ b/builtin/init-db.c
> @@ -473,8 +473,9 @@ int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  	const char *template_dir = NULL;
>  	unsigned int flags = 0;
>  	const struct option init_db_options[] = {
> -		OPT_STRING(0, "template", &template_dir, N_("template-directory"),
> -				N_("directory from which templates will be used")),
> +		{ OPTION_FILENAME, 0, "template", &template_dir,
> +			N_("template-directory"),
> +			N_("directory from which templates will be used")},

It's a shame we can't use the slightly more readable OPT_FILENAME(), but it forces the use of "file" for the argument name. I wonder if it really ought to be OPT_PATH(), and say "path", which would work more universally.

At any rate, I'm fine with this until somebody feels like fiddling with the macros.

-Peff
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Message 4 of 11 in “[BUG] git init doesn't respect `--template` like configuration variable init.templateDir and $GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR”
  1. Doron BeharFeb 14, 2018
  2. 1/2 parse-options: expand $HOME on filename optionsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 14, 2018
  3. 2/2 init-db: change --template type to OPTION_FILENAMENguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 14, 2018
  4. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2018
  5. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2018
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2018
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 14, 2018
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2018
  9. Duy NguyenFeb 22, 2018
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 22, 2018
  11. Duy NguyenFeb 23, 2018

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