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Re: [PATCH 12/18] revert: Save command-line options for continuing operation

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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 27, 2011, 15:49 UTC
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Hi again,
Jonathan Nieder writes:
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> Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
>> Jonathan Nieder writes:
>>> It would be nice if some
>>> day the config parser could learn to treat dashes as insignificant,
>>> just like it already treats case distinctions as insignificant.
>>
>> Is the documentation out of date? I can't find any special handling
>> for `-` in the code either.  What are you talking about?
>
> "It would be nice if some day the config parser could learn" implies
> "The config parser does not behave like this", no?
Ah, I misread that.  Sorry.
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> One problem with dashes in names of real configuration variables is
> that most git multi-word configuration variables are already named
> using InsignificantBumpyCaps, which means the user does not have to
> remember where the word breaks are as language drifts (e.g., is it a
> "file name" or a "filename"?).  A convention of using dashes to
> separate words would probably have been about as good, while
> inconsistently sometimes using dashes and sometimes not would be far
> worse.

Hm, case insensitivity is nice, but ignoring dashes may not be such a good idea. I suppose we can use them where it's totally sensible and unambiguous like in this case (command-line options).

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> Of course, the .git/sequencer/args file is not gitconfig, and changes
> in its format are not as hard (since unlike for gitconfig, any
> backward-compatibility synonyms probably do not need to be mentioned
> in documentation).  So I am not too worried and this was mostly an
> aside.
Cool.  Thanks.
-- Ram
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Message 39 of 79 in “GSoC update: Sequencer for inclusion v3”
  1. 00/18 GSoC update: Sequencer for inclusion v3Ramkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  2. 01/18 advice: Introduce error_resolve_conflictRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  3. 02/18 config: Introduce functions to write non-standard fileRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  4. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  5. Jeff KingJul 27, 2011
  6. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 28, 2011
  7. 03/18 revert: Simplify and inline add_message_to_msgRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  8. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  9. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  10. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  11. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  12. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  13. 04/18 revert: Don't check lone argument in get_encodingRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  14. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  15. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 28, 2011
  16. 05/18 revert: Rename no_replay to record_originRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  17. 06/18 revert: Propogate errors upwards from do_pick_commitRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  18. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  19. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  20. 07/18 revert: Eliminate global "commit" variableRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  21. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  22. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  23. 08/18 revert: Introduce struct to keep command-line optionsRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  24. 09/18 revert: Separate cmdline parsing from functional codeRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  25. 10/18 revert: Don't create invalid replay_opts in parse_argsRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  26. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  27. Christian CouderJul 31, 2011
  28. Ramkumar RamachandraAug 1, 2011
  29. 11/18 revert: Save data for continuing after conflict resolutionRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  30. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  31. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  32. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  33. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  34. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2011
  35. 12/18 revert: Save command-line options for continuing operationRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  36. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  37. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  38. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  39. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  40. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2011
  41. 13/18 revert: Make pick_commits functionally act on a commit listRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  42. 14/18 revert: Introduce --reset to remove sequencer stateRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  43. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  44. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  45. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  46. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  47. 15/18 reset: Make reset remove the sequencer stateRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  48. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  49. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 28, 2011
  50. Jonathan NiederJul 28, 2011
  51. 16/18 revert: Remove sequencer state when no commits are pendingRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  52. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  53. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  54. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  55. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  56. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  57. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  58. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 28, 2011
  59. Jonathan NiederJul 29, 2011
  60. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 29, 2011
  61. Jonathan NiederJul 30, 2011
  62. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 30, 2011
  63. Jonathan NiederJul 30, 2011
  64. 17/18 revert: Don't implictly stomp pending sequencer operationRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  65. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  66. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  67. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  68. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  69. 18/18 revert: Introduce --continue to continue the operationRamkumar Ramachandra, Jul 27, 2011
  70. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  71. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  72. Jonathan NiederJul 27, 2011
  73. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 27, 2011
  74. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2011
  75. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 28, 2011
  76. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2011
  77. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 28, 2011
  78. Ramkumar RamachandraJul 28, 2011
  79. Jonathan NiederJul 28, 2011

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