Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Introduce -t, --table for status/add commands
On 2023-10-24 04:03, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> I think the "use more verbose report format to help relatively
> inexperienced folks, in exchange for spending more screen real
> estate" is a good direction to think about this thing.
>
> I am not personally interested in adding such support all that much
> myself, but one piece of advice I can offer those who are interested
> is not to be too deeply attached to the word "table".
>
> ... snip ...
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> So be very careful when choosing what to call this new thing, and
> avoid naming it after the implementation details (e.g., in what
> particular shape the data gets presented) that may turn out not to
> be the most important part of the concept.
Totally agreed, "table" simply sneaked in and remained here as the term.
Perhaps "<command>.verbose = extra" or something similar would be a
good choice.
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> [Footnote]
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> * FWIW, "git status -s" is a tabular presentation. Maybe we can
> add a more verbose form of "-s" and be done with it for the
> command?