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Re: [RFC/PATCH 01/11] ref-filter: add "%(objectname:size=X)" option

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Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 29, 2015, 16:02 UTC
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On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 9:49 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> From: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
>>
>> Add support for %(objectname:size=X) where X is a number.
>> This will print the first X characters of an objectname.
>> The minimum value for X is 5. Hence any value lesser than
>> 5 will default to 5 characters.
>
> Where does this hardcoded 5 come from?
>
> I'd agree that we would want some minimum for sanity (not safety),
> but I do not think we want random callers of find-unique-abbrev
> arbitrarily imposing their own minimum, making different codepaths
> behave inconsistently without a good reason.
>
> It seems that the minimum we use for sanity at the core level is
> MINIMUM_ABBREV.  Is there a reason why that value is inappropriate
> for this codepath?
>

I don't quite remember, This is definitely wrong. Thanks Will use MINIMUM_ABBREV.

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Regards,
Karthik Nayak
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Message 66 of 88 in “Port branch.c to use ref-filter APIs”
  1. Port branch.c to use ref-filter APIsKarthik Nayak, Jul 28, 2015
  2. 01/11 ref-filter: add "%(objectname:size=X)" optionKarthik Nayak, Jul 28, 2015
  3. 02/11 ref-filter: add 'colornext' atomKarthik Nayak, Jul 28, 2015
  4. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2015
  5. Karthik NayakJul 28, 2015
  6. Christian CouderJul 28, 2015
  7. Karthik NayakJul 28, 2015
  8. Eric SunshineJul 29, 2015
  9. Matthieu MoyJul 29, 2015
  10. Jacob KellerJul 30, 2015
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2015
  12. Karthik NayakAug 1, 2015
  13. 03/11 ref-filter: add option to filter only branchesKarthik Nayak, Jul 28, 2015
  14. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2015
  15. Karthik NayakJul 28, 2015
  16. 04/11 ref-filter: add 'ifexists' atomKarthik Nayak, Jul 28, 2015
  17. Jacob KellerJul 28, 2015
  18. Karthik NayakJul 28, 2015
  19. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2015
  20. Karthik NayakJul 28, 2015
  21. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2015
  22. Karthik NayakJul 29, 2015
  23. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2015
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2015
  25. Matthieu MoyJul 29, 2015
  26. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2015
  27. Karthik NayakAug 1, 2015
  28. Jacob KellerAug 1, 2015
  29. Karthik NayakAug 1, 2015
  30. 05/11 branch: fix width computationKarthik Nayak, Jul 28, 2015
  31. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2015
  32. Karthik NayakJul 28, 2015
  33. 06/11 branch: roll show_detached HEAD into regular ref_listKarthik Nayak, Jul 28, 2015
  34. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2015
  35. Karthik NayakJul 28, 2015
  36. Matthieu MoyJul 29, 2015
  37. Karthik NayakJul 29, 2015
  38. 07/11 branch: move 'current' check down to the presentation layerKarthik Nayak, Jul 28, 2015
  39. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2015
  40. Karthik NayakJul 28, 2015
  41. Jacob KellerJul 29, 2015
  42. Karthik NayakJul 29, 2015
  43. Matthieu MoyJul 29, 2015
  44. Karthik NayakJul 29, 2015
  45. Matthieu MoyJul 29, 2015
  46. Karthik NayakAug 1, 2015
  47. Jacob KellerAug 1, 2015
  48. Eric SunshineAug 1, 2015
  49. Karthik NayakAug 2, 2015
  50. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2015
  51. 08/11 branch: drop non-commit error reportingKarthik Nayak, Jul 28, 2015
  52. 09/11 branch.c: use 'ref-filter' data structuresKarthik Nayak, Jul 28, 2015
  53. Christian CouderJul 28, 2015
  54. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2015
  55. Karthik NayakJul 28, 2015
  56. Matthieu MoyJul 29, 2015
  57. Karthik NayakJul 29, 2015
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  59. Christian CouderJul 28, 2015
  60. Karthik NayakJul 28, 2015
  61. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2015
  62. Karthik NayakJul 28, 2015
  63. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2015
  64. Karthik NayakJul 28, 2015
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  66. Karthik NayakJul 29, 2015
  67. 10/11 branch.c: use 'ref-filter' APIsKarthik Nayak, Jul 28, 2015
  68. Jacob KellerJul 28, 2015
  69. Karthik NayakJul 29, 2015
  70. Christian CouderJul 28, 2015
  71. Karthik NayakJul 29, 2015
  72. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2015
  73. Karthik NayakJul 29, 2015
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  77. Karthik NayakJul 30, 2015
  78. Matthieu MoyJul 30, 2015
  79. Karthik NayakAug 3, 2015
  80. Matthieu MoyAug 19, 2015
  81. Karthik NayakAug 19, 2015
  82. 11/11 branch: add '--points-at' optionKarthik Nayak, Jul 28, 2015
  83. Jacob KellerJul 28, 2015
  84. Karthik NayakJul 29, 2015
  85. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2015
  86. Karthik NayakJul 28, 2015
  87. Matthieu MoyJul 28, 2015
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