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Re: [PATCH 2/5] mv: honor --verbose flag

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 12, 2011, 19:53 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> The code for a verbose flag has been here since "git mv" was
> converted to C many years ago, but actually getting the "-v"
> flag from the command line was accidentally lost in the
> transition.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---
> This has been broken since 2006, so I guess nobody really cares. But
> it's simple to fix.

Heh. It means nobody exercised the codepaths that are inside "if (verbose)", so it may uncover old bugs, no?

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>  Documentation/git-mv.txt |    8 ++++++--
>  builtin/mv.c             |    1 +
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-mv.txt b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
> index 4be7a71..e3c8448 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-mv.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-mv.txt
> @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
>  -----------
>  This script is used to move or rename a file, directory or symlink.
>  
> - git mv [-f] [-n] [-k] <source> <destination>
> - git mv [-f] [-n] [-k] <source> ... <destination directory>
> + git mv [-v] [-f] [-n] [-k] <source> <destination>
> + git mv [-v] [-f] [-n] [-k] <source> ... <destination directory>
>  
>  In the first form, it renames <source>, which must exist and be either
>  a file, symlink or directory, to <destination>.
> @@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ OPTIONS
>  --dry-run::
>  	Do nothing; only show what would happen
>  
> +-v::
> +--verbose::
> +	Report the names of files as they are moved.
> +
>  GIT
>  ---
>  Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
> diff --git a/builtin/mv.c b/builtin/mv.c
> index 5efe6c5..11abaf5 100644
> --- a/builtin/mv.c
> +++ b/builtin/mv.c
> @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ int cmd_mv(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  	int i, newfd;
>  	int verbose = 0, show_only = 0, force = 0, ignore_errors = 0;
>  	struct option builtin_mv_options[] = {
> +		OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, "be verbose"),
>  		OPT__DRY_RUN(&show_only, "dry run"),
>  		OPT__FORCE(&force, "force move/rename even if target exists"),
>  		OPT_BOOLEAN('k', NULL, &ignore_errors, "skip move/rename errors"),
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Message 6 of 16 in “git 1.7.7.3: BUG - please make git mv -f quiet”
  1. Jari AaltoDec 11, 2011
  2. 0/5 mixed bag of minor "git mv" fixesJeff King, Dec 12, 2011
  3. 1/5 docs: mention "-k" for both forms of "git mv"Jeff King, Dec 12, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2011
  5. 2/5 mv: honor --verbose flagJeff King, Dec 12, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2011
  7. Jeff KingDec 12, 2011
  8. 3/5 mv: make non-directory destination error more clearJeff King, Dec 12, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2011
  10. 4/5 mv: improve overwrite warningJeff King, Dec 12, 2011
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2011
  12. Jeff KingDec 12, 2011
  13. 4/5 mv: improve overwrite warningJeff King, Dec 12, 2011
  14. 5/5 mv: be quiet about overwritingJeff King, Dec 12, 2011
  15. 5/5 mv: be quiet about overwritingJeff King, Dec 12, 2011
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2011

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