From: Phil Hord Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:02:54 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-difftool: allow skipping file by typing 'n' at prompt Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vbotwdbjg.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Sitaram Chamarty writes: > >> Signed-off-by: Sitaram Chamarty >> --- >> >> I'm using what is pretty much a universal convention to >> signify that the default choice is "y"; I hope documentation >> for something so small is not needed but if it is, let me >> know and I'll do that also. >> >> -                     printf "Hit return to launch '%s': " \ >> +                     printf "Launch '%s' [y]/n: " \ > > I think I've seen this done as: "do this? [Y/n]" elsewhere. > > Not telling you what to do, but trying to feel what others may think. I think so, too. The [y]/n syntax is not clear enough for me to confidently know what the default value will be. Phil