From: Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 15:21:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] submodule: port subcommand 'set-branch' from shell to C
Message-ID: <b9c28f5c-d0da-7b54-7e9b-2e8cdce8b838@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqtv0e7g8q.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>

On 17-05-2020 20:36, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> For those who lack the context, during the conversion of the script
>> Shourya faced an issue where the '--branch' argument did not work as
>> expected. He described the issue in a private e-mail where Christian
>> pointed out the following (quoting his reply hoping he doesn't mind):
>>
>>> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 5:55 PM Christian Couder
>> <christian.couder@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In your commit (in submodule.sh line 781) there is:
>>>>
>>>>          `git ${wt_prefix:+-C "$wt_prefix"} ${prefix:+--super-prefix
>>>> "$prefix"} submodule--helper set-branch ${GIT_QUIET:+--quiet}
>>>> ${branch:+--branch} ${default:+--default} -- "$@"`
>>>
>>> Actually the issue might come from the above. I think it should use
>> ${branch:+--branch $branch} instead of ${branch:+--branch}.
>>>
>>> See: https://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/parameter-substitution.html
>>
>> That's why Shourya mentions the '$branch' as extra. Of course, that's
>> how it is supposed to be in the first place :)
> 
> Perhaps all of that should be removed from the log message and
> instead go after the three-dash line then.
> 

I believe it's already after the three-dash line. The log message reads:

 > Convert submodule subcommand 'set-branch' to a builtin. Port 'set-branch'
 > to 'submodule--helper.c' and call the latter via 'git-submodule.sh'.
 >
 > Mentored-by: Christian Couder<chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
 > Mentored-by: Kaartic Sivaraam<kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>
 > Signed-off-by: Shourya Shukla<shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com>

It might use more explanation, maybe.

-- 
Sivaraam