Re: [PATCH] help: add space after autocorrect prompt
On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 02:32:36PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> "kashav madan via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > From: Kashav Madan <kshvmdn@gmail.com>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kashav Madan <kshvmdn@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > help: add space after autocorrect prompt
>
> The patch looks OK-ish, but let's make sure. We will find what we
> should write in the log message while doing so.
>
> If you look at the output from
>
> $ git grep -C2 git_prompt \*.c
>
> you'll notice that existing message given to git_prompt look like
> these:
>
> yesno = git_prompt(_("Are you sure [Y/n]? "), PROMPT_ECHO);
>
> yesno = git_prompt(_("Do you want me to do it for you "
> "[Y/n]? "), PROMPT_ECHO);
>
> strbuf_addf(&msg, _("Run '%s' instead? (y/N)"), assumed);
> answer = git_prompt(msg.buf, PROMPT_ECHO);
>
> The last one is what you are touching in this patch.
>
> There is another one in credential.c that asks not just a single
> yes/no answer, so it is justifiably different from all the others,
> but the one you noticed is different from what we see above in three
> points:
>
> - It does not leave a SP before where the end-user input goes;
> - It append (y/N) _after_ question mark;I actually prefer this one;
Run 'status' instead? [y/N]
sounds better than
Run 'status' instead [y/N]?
but that's not a strong opinion.