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Re: [PATCH 2/9] for-each-ref: clarify interaction of --omit-empty & --count

From
Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Date
Nov 7, 2023, 19:30 UTC
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<20231107192326.48296-1-oystwa@gmail.com>
Øystein Walle wrote:
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> Hi Victoria,
> 
> Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com> writes:
> 
>> Update the 'for-each-ref' builtin documentation to clarify that refs
>> "omitted" by --omit-empty are still counted toward the limit specified
>> by --count. The use of the term "omit" would otherwise be somewhat
>> ambiguous and could incorrectly be construed as excluding empty refs
>> entirely (i.e. not counting them towards the total ref count).
> 
> I implemented --omit-empty and I completely overlooked --count!
> 
> (If I were to do it all over again I probably would have implemented it
> so that so-called omitted refs did not count towards the total. It makes
> sense to me since e.g.  `git log -3 -- git.c` prints the three most
> recent commits that touch git.c regardless of how many commits were
> walked in the process.)

Since the interaction isn't clearly defined at the moment, we could probably still update it to work like you're describing here. I'm happy to drop this patch and implement your recommendation in a follow-up series. Let me know what you think!

> 
> This is a good and welcome clarification. 
> 
> Acked-by: Øystein Walle <oystwa@gmail.com>
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Message 4 of 49 in “for-each-ref optimizations & usability improvements”
  1. 0/9 for-each-ref optimizations & usability improvementsVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 7, 2023
  2. 2/9 for-each-ref: clarify interaction of --omit-empty & --countVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 7, 2023
  3. Øystein WalleNov 7, 2023
  4. Victoria DyeNov 7, 2023
  5. Øystein WalleNov 8, 2023
  6. Kristoffer HaugsbakkNov 8, 2023
  7. 1/9 ref-filter.c: really don't sort when using --no-sortVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 7, 2023
  8. Patrick SteinhardtNov 7, 2023
  9. Victoria DyeNov 7, 2023
  10. 3/9 ref-filter.h: add max_count and omit_empty to ref_formatVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 7, 2023
  11. 4/9 ref-filter.h: move contains caches into filterVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 7, 2023
  12. Patrick SteinhardtNov 7, 2023
  13. 5/9 ref-filter.h: add functions for filter/format & format-onlyVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 7, 2023
  14. 6/9 ref-filter.c: refactor to create common helper functionsVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 7, 2023
  15. Patrick SteinhardtNov 7, 2023
  16. Victoria DyeNov 7, 2023
  17. 7/9 ref-filter.c: filter & format refs in the same callbackVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 7, 2023
  18. Patrick SteinhardtNov 7, 2023
  19. Victoria DyeNov 7, 2023
  20. 8/9 for-each-ref: add option to fully dereference tagsVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 7, 2023
  21. Patrick SteinhardtNov 7, 2023
  22. Victoria DyeNov 8, 2023
  23. Junio C HamanoNov 8, 2023
  24. Patrick SteinhardtNov 8, 2023
  25. Victoria DyeNov 8, 2023
  26. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2023
  27. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2023
  28. Junio C HamanoNov 9, 2023
  29. 9/9 t/perf: add perf tests for for-each-refVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 7, 2023
  30. Junio C HamanoNov 7, 2023
  31. Victoria DyeNov 7, 2023
  32. Junio C HamanoNov 7, 2023
  33. Patrick SteinhardtNov 7, 2023
  34. Victoria DyeNov 8, 2023
  35. 00/10 for-each-ref optimizations & usability improvementsVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 14, 2023
  36. 01/10 ref-filter.c: really don't sort when using --no-sortVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 14, 2023
  37. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2023
  38. 02/10 ref-filter.h: add max_count and omit_empty to ref_formatVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 14, 2023
  39. Øystein WalleNov 16, 2023
  40. 03/10 ref-filter.h: move contains caches into filterVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 14, 2023
  41. 04/10 ref-filter.h: add functions for filter/format & format-onlyVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 14, 2023
  42. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2023
  43. 05/10 ref-filter.c: rename 'ref_filter_handler()' to 'filter_one()'Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 14, 2023
  44. 06/10 ref-filter.c: refactor to create common helper functionsVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 14, 2023
  45. 07/10 ref-filter.c: filter & format refs in the same callbackVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 14, 2023
  46. 08/10 for-each-ref: clean up documentation of --formatVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 14, 2023
  47. 09/10 ref-filter.c: use peeled tag for '*' format fieldsVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 14, 2023
  48. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2023
  49. 10/10 t/perf: add perf tests for for-each-refVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Nov 14, 2023

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