Re: [PATCH v2] config: add '--sources' option to print the source of a config value

From: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 10, 2016, 15:33 UTC
Message-ID: <CAHGBnuMMN_xEVDJ_dqWgL6QCGK08hy=ggg=6PzkSCinHr=QeFg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160210125429.GA8078@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 1:54 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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>> +--sources::
>> +     Augment the output of all queried config options with the
>> +     source type (file, stdin, blob, cmd) and the actual source
>> +     (config file path, ref, or blob id if applicable).
>
> I think something like "cmdline" might be more descriptive than "cmd".

I agree "cmdline" is better than "cmd".

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> So the format here is like:
>
>   file\t<filename>\t<value...>
>   blob\t<blob>\t<value...>
>   stdin\t\t<value...>
>   cmd\t\t<value...>
>
> where two of the prefixes have nothing in the second slot. I expected
> something more like:
>
>   file:<filename>\t</value...>
>   blob:<blob>\t<value...>
>   stdin\t<value...>
>   cmd\t<value...>
>
> with a single delimited slot for the source, which can then be broken
> down further if desired.  I can't think of any reason to prefer one over
> the other rather than personal preference, though. They can both be
> parsed unambiguously.

I also would have expected sopme like the latter, except that I'd also expect a colon after "stdin" and "cmd" (or "cmdline", as said above). I.e. the colon should be part of the prefix to mark it as such.

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Sebastian Schuberth