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[PATCH] bisect: mention "view" as an alternative to "visualize"

From
Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Date
Nov 10, 2017, 16:32 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.LFD.2.21.1711101123280.6717@DESKTOP-1GPMCEJ>

Tweak a number of files to mention "view" as an alternative to "visualize":

 Documentation/git-bisect.txt           | 9 ++++-----
 Documentation/user-manual.txt          | 3 ++-
 builtin/bisect--helper.c               | 2 +-
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 2 +-
 git-bisect.sh                          | 4 ++--
 5 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
---
  here's hoping i have the right format for this patch ... are there
any parts of this that are inappropriate, such as extending the bash
completion?
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index 6c42abf07..89e6f9667 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ on the subcommand:
  git bisect terms [--term-good | --term-bad]
  git bisect skip [(<rev>|<range>)...]
  git bisect reset [<commit>]
- git bisect visualize
+ git bisect visualize|view
  git bisect replay <logfile>
  git bisect log
  git bisect run <cmd>...
@@ -196,15 +196,14 @@ of `git bisect good` and `git bisect bad` to mark commits.
 Bisect visualize
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

-To see the currently remaining suspects in 'gitk', issue the following
-command during the bisection process:
+To see the currently remaining suspects in 'gitk', issue either of the
+following equivalent commands during the bisection process:

 ------------
 $ git bisect visualize
+$ git bisect view
 ------------

-`view` may also be used as a synonym for `visualize`.
-
 If the `DISPLAY` environment variable is not set, 'git log' is used
 instead.  You can also give command-line options such as `-p` and
 `--stat`.
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 3a03e63eb..55ec58986 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -538,10 +538,11 @@ Note that the version which `git bisect` checks out for you at each
 point is just a suggestion, and you're free to try a different
 version if you think it would be a good idea.  For example,
 occasionally you may land on a commit that broke something unrelated;
-run
+run either of the equivalent commands

 -------------------------------------------------
 $ git bisect visualize
+$ git bisect view
 -------------------------------------------------

 which will run gitk and label the commit it chose with a marker that
diff --git a/builtin/bisect--helper.c b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
index 35d2105f9..4b5fadcbe 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static int check_term_format(const char *term, const char *orig_term)
 		return error(_("'%s' is not a valid term"), term);

 	if (one_of(term, "help", "start", "skip", "next", "reset",
-			"visualize", "replay", "log", "run", "terms", NULL))
+			"visualize", "view", "replay", "log", "run", "terms", NULL))
 		return error(_("can't use the builtin command '%s' as a term"), term);

 	/*
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index fdd984d34..52f68c922 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ _git_bisect ()
 {
 	__git_has_doubledash && return

-	local subcommands="start bad good skip reset visualize replay log run"
+	local subcommands="start bad good skip reset visualize view replay log run"
 	local subcommand="$(__git_find_on_cmdline "$subcommands")"
 	if [ -z "$subcommand" ]; then
 		__git_find_repo_path
diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
index 0138a8860..e8b622a47 100755
--- a/git-bisect.sh
+++ b/git-bisect.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh

-USAGE='[help|start|bad|good|new|old|terms|skip|next|reset|visualize|replay|log|run]'
+USAGE='[help|start|bad|good|new|old|terms|skip|next|reset|visualize|view|replay|log|run]'
 LONG_USAGE='git bisect help
 	print this long help message.
 git bisect start [--term-{old,good}=<term> --term-{new,bad}=<term>]
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ git bisect next
 	find next bisection to test and check it out.
 git bisect reset [<commit>]
 	finish bisection search and go back to commit.
-git bisect visualize
+git bisect visualize|view
 	show bisect status in gitk.
 git bisect replay <logfile>
 	replay bisection log.
-- 
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Robert P. J. Day                                 Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
                        http://crashcourse.ca

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