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Re: [PATCH 1/3] show-ref: remove unused custom handling of -h

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René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date
Sep 24, 2021, 20:53 UTC
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Am 24.09.21 um 21:24 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
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> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Since b92891f9783 (parseopt: add PARSE_OPT_NO_INTERNAL_HELP,
>> 2009-03-08) parse_options() has handled "-h" unless told not to, so
>> when show-ref was migrated to parse_options() in
>> 69932bc6117 (show-ref: migrate to parse-options, 2009-06-20) the
>> custom "-h" handling that was retained did nothing.
>>
>> The option was then hidden in e62b3935056 (Show usage string for 'git
>> show-ref -h', 2009-11-09), but that OPT_BOOLEAN didn't do
>> anything. Let's just remove this dead code.
>>
>> Reported-by: Ignacy Gawedzki <ignacy.gawedzki@green-communications.fr>
>> Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  builtin/show-ref.c | 2 --
>>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> While this is a fine no-op, I am not sure this "fixes" complaint
> in Ignacy's report.  "git show-ref -h" would (and should) show the
> short-help, no?
>

It would, but -h is not a no-op without this patch. The option is equivalent to --heads as long as it's not the only argument. E.g. it has an effect in "git show-ref -h HEA." or "git show-ref -hh".

René
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Message 5 of 12 in “Wrong option -h in grep, ls-remote, and show-ref.”
  1. Ignacy GawedzkiSep 24, 2021
  2. 0/3 show-ref, ls-remote, grep: fix -h handlingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 24, 2021
  3. 1/3 show-ref: remove unused custom handling of -hÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 24, 2021
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 24, 2021
  5. René ScharfeSep 24, 2021
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 24, 2021
  7. 2/3 ls-remote: remove documentation for custom -h optionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 24, 2021
  8. SZEDER GáborSep 24, 2021
  9. Jeff KingSep 24, 2021
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 24, 2021
  11. 3/3 grep: pass PARSE_OPT_NO_INTERNAL_HELP, fix odd -h handlingÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Sep 24, 2021
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 24, 2021

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