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Re: [PATCH v5 5/8] branch: drop non-commit error reporting

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Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 21, 2015, 10:20 UTC
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On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 12:46 AM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:

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> Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Remove the error reporting variable to make the code easier to port
>> over to using ref-filter APIs. This variable
>
> (it's not just a variable, it's also a message on the output)
>
>> is not required as in ref-filter we already check for possible errors
>> and report them.
>
> You should explain more why the check is redundant with the ones in
> ref-filter. You discussed this with Junio on the last round. The
> arguments you gave would deserve to appear in the commit message IMHO.
> Pointing to the exact checks in ref-filter would help.
>
> It may make sense to split the commit into several smaller ones, so that
> you can give a precise commit message for each error reporting you
> remove (error(_("branch '%s' does not point at a commit") and
> error(_("some refs could not be read"))).
>

I could do that, but it would be small changes. But I think it's worth it, will wait for other changes if needed and send.

-- 
Regards,
Karthik Nayak
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Message 9 of 19 in “port the filtering part of branch.c to use ref-filter APIs”
  1. 0/8 port the filtering part of branch.c to use ref-filter APIsKarthik Nayak, Sep 20, 2015
  2. 1/8 branch: refactor width computationKarthik Nayak, Sep 20, 2015
  3. 2/8 branch: bump get_head_description() to the topKarthik Nayak, Sep 20, 2015
  4. 3/8 branch: roll show_detached HEAD into regular ref_listKarthik Nayak, Sep 20, 2015
  5. Matthieu MoySep 20, 2015
  6. 4/8 branch: move 'current' check down to the presentation layerKarthik Nayak, Sep 20, 2015
  7. 5/8 branch: drop non-commit error reportingKarthik Nayak, Sep 20, 2015
  8. Matthieu MoySep 20, 2015
  9. Karthik NayakSep 21, 2015
  10. Karthik NayakSep 21, 2015
  11. 6/8 branch.c: use 'ref-filter' data structuresKarthik Nayak, Sep 20, 2015
  12. 7/8 branch.c: use 'ref-filter' APIsKarthik Nayak, Sep 20, 2015
  13. Matthieu MoySep 20, 2015
  14. Karthik NayakSep 21, 2015
  15. 8/8 branch: add '--points-at' optionKarthik Nayak, Sep 20, 2015
  16. Matthieu MoySep 20, 2015
  17. Karthik NayakSep 21, 2015
  18. Matthieu MoySep 21, 2015
  19. Karthik NayakSep 21, 2015

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