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Re: [PATCH v3 08/31] parse_pathspec: add PATHSPEC_EMPTY_MATCH_ALL

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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 22, 2013, 02:46 UTC
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On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> I was tempted to ask this before, and the recent thread regarding "add
> -u/A" [1] convinced me to.
>
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 4:35 AM, Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
>> We have two ways of dealing with empty pathspec:
>>
>> 1. limit it to current prefix
>> 2. match the entire working directory
>>
>> Some commands go with #1, some with #2. get_pathspec() and
>> parse_pathspec() only supports #1. Make it support #2 too via
>> PATHSPEC_EMPTY_MATCH_ALL flag.
>
> If #2 is indeed the direction we want to go, then maybe we should make
> that the default behavior from parse_pathspec()? I.e. rename the flag
> "PATHSPEC_EMPTY_MATCH_PREFIX" (or something). Makes sense?
No problem with me. Will do unless someone objects.
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> Btw, Matthieu was asking where we use #1. If you do invert the name
> and meaning of the flag, then the answer to that question should be
> (mostly?) obvious from a re-roll of your series (i.e. all the places
> where PATHSPEC_EMPTY_MATCH_PREFIX is used).
>
> Martin
>
>  [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/213988/focus=214113
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Duy
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Message 13 of 37 in “nd/parse-pathspec”
  1. 00/31 nd/parse-pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  2. 01/31 clean: remove unused variable "seen"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  3. 02/31 Add copy_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  4. 03/31 Add parse_pathspec() that converts cmdline args to struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  5. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 14, 2013
  6. Duy NguyenJan 14, 2013
  7. 04/31 parse_pathspec: save original pathspec for reportingNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  8. 05/31 Export parse_pathspec() and convert some get_pathspec() callsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  9. 06/31 Guard against new pathspec magic in pathspec matching codeNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  10. 07/31 clean: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  11. 08/31 parse_pathspec: add PATHSPEC_EMPTY_MATCH_ALLNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  12. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 21, 2013
  13. Duy NguyenJan 22, 2013
  14. 09/31 commit: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  15. 10/31 status: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  16. 11/31 rerere: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  17. 12/31 checkout: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  18. 13/31 rm: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  19. 14/31 parse_pathspec: support stripping submodule trailing slashesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  20. 15/31 ls-files: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  21. 16/31 archive: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  22. 17/31 parse_pathspec: support stripping/checking submodule pathsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  23. 18/31 add: convert to use parse_pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  24. 19/31 Convert read_cache_preload() to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  25. 20/31 Convert unmerge_cache to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  26. 21/31 checkout: convert read_tree_some to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  27. 22/31 Convert report_path_error to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  28. 23/31 Convert refresh_index to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  29. 24/31 Convert {read,fill}_directory to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  30. 25/31 Convert add_files_to_cache to take struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  31. 26/31 Convert common_prefix() to use struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  32. 27/31 Remove diff_tree_{setup,release}_pathsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  33. 28/31 Remove init_pathspec() in favor of parse_pathspec()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  34. 29/31 Remove match_pathspec() in favor of match_pathspec_depth()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  35. 30/31 tree-diff: remove the use of pathspec's raw[] in follow-rename codepathNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  36. 31/31 Rename field "raw" to "_raw" in struct pathspecNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jan 13, 2013
  37. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2013

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