Re: [PATCH v4 3/3] worktree add: Add hint to use --orphan when bad ref

> On 22/12/12 09:35AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 12 2022, Jacob Abel wrote:
>>
>> >  int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value);
>> > diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
>> > index 51b247b2a7..ea306e18de 100644
>> > --- a/builtin/worktree.c
>> > +++ b/builtin/worktree.c
>> > @@ -744,6 +744,14 @@ static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
>> >  		 * If `branch` does not reference a valid commit, a new
>> >  		 * worktree (and/or branch) cannot be created based off of it.
>> >  		 */
>> > +		advise_if_enabled(ADVICE_WORKTREE_ADD_ORPHAN,
>> > +			"If you meant to create a worktree containing a new orphan branch\n"
>> > +			"(branch with no commits) for this repository, e.g. '%s',\n"
>>
>> I think this '%s' is just confusing, how is repeating the name of the
>> branch at the user (which we're about to mention in the example command)
>> helpful?
>>
>> Shouldn't we just omit it, or reword this to e.g.:
>>
>> 	If you'd like the '%s' branch to be a worktree containing a
>> 	new....
>>
>>
>> > +			"you can do so using the --orphan option:\n"
>> > +			"\n"
>> > +			"	git worktree add --orphan %s %s\n"
>> > +			"\n",
>
> Done.
>
>>
>> Missing the usual:
>>
>> 	"Turn this message off by running\n"
>> 	"\"git config advice.worktreeAddOrphan false\""
>>
>> blurb.
>
> That blurb is added at runtime by `advise_if_enabled()`. I originally added it
> but it was giving me the line twice so I took it out.

> The following are what I have made for this set of changes (against v4).
>
> diff --git a/builtin/worktree.c b/builtin/worktree.c
> index 8bb1453e0f..38f7a27927 100644
> --- a/builtin/worktree.c
> +++ b/builtin/worktree.c
> @@ -732,12 +732,11 @@ static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
>         } else if (!lookup_commit_reference_by_name(branch)) {
>                 advise_if_enabled(ADVICE_WORKTREE_ADD_ORPHAN,
>                         "If you meant to create a worktree containing a new orphan branch\n"
> -                       "(branch with no commits) for this repository, e.g. '%s',\n"
> -                       "you can do so using the --orphan option:\n"
> +                       "(branch with no commits) for this repository, you can do so\n"
> +                       "using the --orphan option:\n"
>                         "\n"
> -                       "       git worktree add --orphan %s %s\n"
> -                       "\n",
> -                        new_branch, new_branch, path);
> +                       "       git worktree add --orphan %s %s\n",
> +                        new_branch, path);

> -# Helper function to test hints for using --orphan in an empty repo.
>  test_wt_add_empty_repo_orphan_hint() {
> -       local context="$1" &&
> -       local opts="${@:2}" &&
> +       local context="$1"
> +       shift
> +       local opts="$@"
>         test_expect_success "'worktree add' show orphan hint in empty repo w/ $context" '
>                 test_when_finished "rm -rf empty_repo" &&
>                 GIT_DIR="empty_repo" git init --bare &&
> -               test_must_fail git -C empty_repo worktree add $opts 2> actual &&
> +               test_must_fail git -C empty_repo worktree add $opts foobar/ 2> actual &&

>                 grep "hint: If you meant to create a worktree containing a new orphan branch" actual
>         '
>  }
>
> -test_wt_add_empty_repo_orphan_hint 'DWIM' foobar/
> -test_wt_add_empty_repo_orphan_hint '-b' -b foobar_branch foobar/
> -test_wt_add_empty_repo_orphan_hint '-B' -B foobar_branch foobar/
> +test_wt_add_empty_repo_orphan_hint 'DWIM'
> +test_wt_add_empty_repo_orphan_hint '-b' -b foobar_branch
> +test_wt_add_empty_repo_orphan_hint '-B' -B foobar_branch
>
>  test_expect_success 'local clone from linked checkout' '
>         git clone --local here here-clone &&
>
>
> Also, Is there an easier way to debug the `test_expect_success` statements? I
> tried enabling tracing mode but it doesn't seem to trace into those statements.