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Re: [PATCH] Do not call built-in aliases from scripts

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 27, 2013, 18:10 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> John Szakmeister <john@szakmeister.net> writes:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>> diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
>>>> index 9f44509..ad67194 100755
>>>> --- a/git-am.sh
>>>> +++ b/git-am.sh
>>>> @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ s,signoff       add a Signed-off-by line to the commit message
>>>>  u,utf8          recode into utf8 (default)
>>>>  k,keep          pass -k flag to git-mailinfo
>>>>  keep-non-patch  pass -b flag to git-mailinfo
>>>> -keep-cr         pass --keep-cr flag to git-mailsplit for mbox format
>>>> -no-keep-cr      do not pass --keep-cr flag to git-mailsplit
>>>> independent of am.keepcr
>>>> +keep-cr         pass --keep-cr flag to git mailsplit for mbox format
>>>> +no-keep-cr      do not pass --keep-cr flag to git mailsplit
>>>> independent of am.keepcr
>>>>  c,scissors      strip everything before a scissors line
>>>>  whitespace=     pass it through git-apply
>>>>  ignore-space-change pass it through git-apply
>>>
>>>> As you were saying yourself, we tell users to prefer the "git foo"
>>>> form, so we should also do so in the "git am" option help, IMHO.
>>>
>>> What does the above change to the options-help have anything to do
>>> with that theme?  It does not seem to say anything about "git foo"
>>> vs "git-foo"?
>>
>> I initially missed it too, but `git-mailsplit` changed to `git
>> mailsplit` in the help.
>
> Ahh, OK.
>
>>  Now that I look at it more, I see that
>> `git-mailinfo` was missed and there's a `git-apply` towards the
>> bottom.  So I'm not sure it's helping the consistency argument.
>
> Hmph, true.

Having said that, I'd still prefer to see documentation changes in a patch separate from a "do not call git-foo form" patch.

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  1. Do not call built-in aliases from scriptsSebastian Schuberth, Jun 27, 2013
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2013
  3. Sebastian SchuberthJun 27, 2013
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2013
  5. John SzakmeisterJun 27, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2013
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 27, 2013
  8. Sebastian SchuberthJun 28, 2013
  9. John KeepingJun 27, 2013
  10. Johannes SchindelinJun 27, 2013
  11. Sebastian SchuberthJun 28, 2013
  12. Johannes SchindelinJun 28, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2013
  14. Johannes SixtJun 27, 2013

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