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Re: Simplify '--prett=xyz' options

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Aug 15, 2009, 21:29 UTC
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On Sat, 15 Aug 2009, Avery Pennarun wrote:
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> 
> I'm guessing that "after header" was just an implementation error.  It
> was presumably intended to be "after commit", so that the only
> difference between format and tformat is the presence or absence of
> the very last terminator.
> 
> Maybe the correct fix is just to make tformat not broken?

I do agree. 'tformat' is broken. But my point was more that 'tformat' was introduced for all the wrong reasons (ie that 'format' was broken, and then instead of fixing 'format', people introduced 'tformat' with a _different_ brokenness).

		Linus
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  1. Linus TorvaldsAug 15, 2009
  2. Thomas RastAug 15, 2009
  3. Linus TorvaldsAug 15, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2009
  5. Linus TorvaldsAug 15, 2009
  6. Avery PennarunAug 15, 2009
  7. Linus TorvaldsAug 15, 2009
  8. Linus TorvaldsAug 15, 2009
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