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[PATCH v4 0/3] [Outreachy] advice: revamp advise API

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Heba Waly via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 24, 2020, 15:13 UTC
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<pull.548.v4.git.1582557199.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
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Main changes in V4:
 * Re-order the commits.
 * Free the output after using xstrfmt().
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Changes in V3:
 * Remove the new wrapper advice_push_update_rejected_enabled() (which was
   added in V2 to handle a special case of having a config variable alias),
   and replace it by adding switch cases to advice_enabled() (The reason
   behind this change is that another special case came up while I was
   migrating the rest of the advise calls to the new APIs.)
 * Remove trailing whitespaces.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Main changes in V2:
 * Rename advise_ng to advise_if_enabled.
 * Add a new advise_enabled() helper.
 * Add a list of config variables names to replace advice_config[] (used by
   list_config_advices()).
 * Send an enum parameter to the new advise helpers instead of strings.
 * Extract vadvise() from advise() and advise_if enabled().
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

The advice API is currently a little bit confusing to call. quoting from [1]:

When introducing a new advice message, you would
 * come up with advice.frotz configuration variable
 * define and declare advice_frotz global variable that defaults to
   true
 * sprinkle calls like this:
  if (advice_frotz)
    advise(_("helpful message about frotz"));
A new approach was suggested in [1] which this patch is based upon.

A new advise_if_enabled() is introduced to gradually replace advise() advice_enabled() helper is also introduced to be used by those callers who:

 * Only need to check the visibility without calling advise() (they call
   die() or error() instead for example)
 * Need to carry out some heavy processing to display an advice, in this
   case they'll do: if(advice_enabled(advice_type))  advise("some advice message");
   
   
To introduce a new advice message, the caller needs to:
 * Add a new_advice_type to 'enum advice_type'
 * Come up with a new config variable name and add this name to 
   advice_config_keys[]
 * Call advise_if_enabled(new_advice_type, "advice message to be printed")
 * Or call advice_enabled(new_advice_type) first and then follow is by
   advice("advice message to be printed") as explained earlier.
 * Add the new config variable to Documentation/config/advice.txt

The reason a new list of configuration variables was added to the library is to be used by the list_config_advices() function instead of advice_config[]. And we should get rid of advice_config[] once we migrate all the callers to use the new APIs instead of checking the global variables (which we'll get rid of as well).

In the future, we can investigate generating the documentation from the list of config variables or vice versa to make introducing a new advice much easier, but this approach will do it for now.

V2 makes the process of introducing a new advice longer than V1 and almost as long as the original library, but having the advice library responsible for checking the message visibility is still an improvement and in my own opinion the new structure makes better sense and makes the library less confusing to use.

After this patch the plan is to change the advise() calls to advise_if_enabled() whenever possible, or at least replace the global variables checks by advise_enabled() when advise_if_enabled() is not suitable.

[1] https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqzhf5cw69.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/
Heba Waly (3):
  advice: extract vadvise() from advise()
  advice: revamp advise API
  tag: use new advice API to check visibility
 Makefile               |  1 +
 advice.c               | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 advice.h               | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 builtin/tag.c          |  5 ++-
 t/helper/test-advise.c | 19 +++++++++
 t/helper/test-tool.c   |  1 +
 t/helper/test-tool.h   |  1 +
 t/t0018-advice.sh      | 28 +++++++++++++
 t/t7004-tag.sh         |  1 +
 9 files changed, 193 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 t/helper/test-advise.c
 create mode 100755 t/t0018-advice.sh
base-commit: c7a62075917b3340f908093f63f1161c44ed1475
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-548%2FHebaWaly%2Fadvice_refactoring-v4
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-548/HebaWaly/advice_refactoring-v4
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/548
Range-diff vs v3:
 2:  a2a145c705e ! 1:  f668d9b7ca0 advice: extract vadvise() from advise()
     @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
      
          advice: extract vadvise() from advise()
      
     -    extract a version of advise() that uses an explict 'va_list' parameter.
     -    Call it from advise() and advise_if_enabled() for a functionally
     -    equivalent version.
     +    In preparation for a new advice method, extract a version of advise()
     +    that uses an explict 'va_list' parameter. Call it from advise() for a
     +    functionally equivalent version.
      
          Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
          Signed-off-by: Heba Waly <heba.waly@gmail.com>
     @@ -13,16 +13,11 @@
       --- a/advice.c
       +++ b/advice.c
      @@
     - 	[SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_STRATEGY_DIE] = "submoduleAlternateErrorStrategyDie"
     + 	{ "pushNonFastForward", &advice_push_update_rejected }
       };
       
      -void advise(const char *advice, ...)
     -+static const char turn_off_instructions[] =
     -+N_("\n"
     -+   "Disable this message with \"git config %s false\"");
     -+
     -+static void vadvise(const char *advice, va_list params,
     -+		    int display_instructions, char *key)
     ++static void vadvise(const char *advice, va_list params)
       {
       	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
      -	va_list params;
     @@ -31,57 +26,21 @@
      -	va_start(params, advice);
       	strbuf_vaddf(&buf, advice, params);
      -	va_end(params);
     -+
     -+	if(display_instructions)
     -+		strbuf_addf(&buf, turn_off_instructions, key);
       
       	for (cp = buf.buf; *cp; cp = np) {
       		np = strchrnul(cp, '\n');
      @@
     - 	}
     + 	strbuf_release(&buf);
       }
       
     --static const char turn_off_instructions[] =
     --N_("\n"
     --   "Disable this message with \"git config %s false\"");
      +void advise(const char *advice, ...)
      +{
      +	va_list params;
      +	va_start(params, advice);
     -+	vadvise(advice, params, 0, "");
     ++	vadvise(advice, params);
      +	va_end(params);
      +}
     - 
     - void advise_if_enabled(enum advice_type type, const char *advice, ...)
     - {
     --	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
     --	char *key = xstrfmt("%s.%s", "advice", advice_config_keys[type]);
     - 	va_list params;
     --	const char *cp, *np;
     --	
     -+	char *key = xstrfmt("%s.%s", "advice", advice_config_keys[type]);
      +
     - 	if(!advice_enabled(type))
     - 		return;
     - 
     - 	va_start(params, advice);
     --	strbuf_vaddf(&buf, advice, params);
     -+	vadvise(advice, params, 1, key);
     - 	va_end(params);
     --
     --	strbuf_addf(&buf, turn_off_instructions, key);
     --	
     --	for (cp = buf.buf; *cp; cp = np) {
     --		np = strchrnul(cp, '\n');
     --		fprintf(stderr,	_("%shint: %.*s%s\n"),
     --			advise_get_color(ADVICE_COLOR_HINT),
     --			(int)(np - cp), cp,
     --			advise_get_color(ADVICE_COLOR_RESET));
     --		if (*np)
     --			np++;
     --	}
     --	strbuf_release(&buf);
     --
     - }
     - 
       int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value)
     + {
     + 	const char *k, *slot_name;
 1:  4ab141426f3 ! 2:  04c3e5760f6 advice: revamp advise API
     @@ -40,24 +40,10 @@
       --- a/advice.c
       +++ b/advice.c
      @@
     - int advice_waiting_for_editor = 1;
     - int advice_graft_file_deprecated = 1;
     - int advice_checkout_ambiguous_remote_branch_name = 1;
     --int advice_nested_tag = 1;
     - int advice_submodule_alternate_error_strategy_die = 1;
     - 
     - static int advice_use_color = -1;
     -@@
     - 	{ "waitingForEditor", &advice_waiting_for_editor },
     - 	{ "graftFileDeprecated", &advice_graft_file_deprecated },
     - 	{ "checkoutAmbiguousRemoteBranchName", &advice_checkout_ambiguous_remote_branch_name },
     --	{ "nestedTag", &advice_nested_tag },
     - 	{ "submoduleAlternateErrorStrategyDie", &advice_submodule_alternate_error_strategy_die },
     - 
     - 	/* make this an alias for backward compatibility */
       	{ "pushNonFastForward", &advice_push_update_rejected }
       };
       
     +-static void vadvise(const char *advice, va_list params)
      +static const char *advice_config_keys[] = {
      +	[FETCH_SHOW_FORCED_UPDATES]		 = "fetchShowForcedUpdates",
      +	[PUSH_UPDATE_REJECTED]			 = "pushUpdateRejected",
     @@ -92,18 +78,39 @@
      +	[SUBMODULE_ALTERNATE_ERROR_STRATEGY_DIE] = "submoduleAlternateErrorStrategyDie"
      +};
      +
     - void advise(const char *advice, ...)
     ++static const char turn_off_instructions[] =
     ++N_("\n"
     ++   "Disable this message with \"git config %s false\"");
     ++
     ++static void vadvise(const char *advice, va_list params,
     ++		    int display_instructions, char *key)
       {
       	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
     -@@
     - 	strbuf_release(&buf);
     - }
     + 	const char *cp, *np;
       
     + 	strbuf_vaddf(&buf, advice, params);
     + 
     ++	if(display_instructions)
     ++		strbuf_addf(&buf, turn_off_instructions, key);
     ++
     + 	for (cp = buf.buf; *cp; cp = np) {
     + 		np = strchrnul(cp, '\n');
     + 		fprintf(stderr,	_("%shint: %.*s%s\n"),
     +@@
     + {
     + 	va_list params;
     + 	va_start(params, advice);
     +-	vadvise(advice, params);
     ++	vadvise(advice, params, 0, "");
     ++	va_end(params);
     ++}
     ++
      +static int get_config_value(enum advice_type type)
      +{
      +	int value = 1;
      +	char *key = xstrfmt("%s.%s", "advice", advice_config_keys[type]);
      +	git_config_get_bool(key, &value);
     ++	free(key);
      +	return value;
      +}
      +
     @@ -118,42 +125,21 @@
      +	}
      +}
      +
     -+static const char turn_off_instructions[] =
     -+N_("\n"
     -+   "Disable this message with \"git config %s false\"");
     -+
      +void advise_if_enabled(enum advice_type type, const char *advice, ...)
      +{
     -+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
      +	char *key = xstrfmt("%s.%s", "advice", advice_config_keys[type]);
      +	va_list params;
     -+	const char *cp, *np;
     -+	
     ++
      +	if(!advice_enabled(type))
      +		return;
      +
      +	va_start(params, advice);
     -+	strbuf_vaddf(&buf, advice, params);
     -+	va_end(params);
     -+
     -+	strbuf_addf(&buf, turn_off_instructions, key);
     -+	
     -+	for (cp = buf.buf; *cp; cp = np) {
     -+		np = strchrnul(cp, '\n');
     -+		fprintf(stderr,	_("%shint: %.*s%s\n"),
     -+			advise_get_color(ADVICE_COLOR_HINT),
     -+			(int)(np - cp), cp,
     -+			advise_get_color(ADVICE_COLOR_RESET));
     -+		if (*np)
     -+			np++;
     -+	}
     -+	strbuf_release(&buf);
     -+
     -+}
     -+
     ++	vadvise(advice, params, 1, key);
     + 	va_end(params);
     ++	free(key);
     + }
     + 
       int git_default_advice_config(const char *var, const char *value)
     - {
     - 	const char *k, *slot_name;
      @@
       {
       	int i;
     @@ -170,10 +156,7 @@
       --- a/advice.h
       +++ b/advice.h
      @@
     - extern int advice_waiting_for_editor;
     - extern int advice_graft_file_deprecated;
     - extern int advice_checkout_ambiguous_remote_branch_name;
     --extern int advice_nested_tag;
     + extern int advice_nested_tag;
       extern int advice_submodule_alternate_error_strategy_die;
       
      +/**
     @@ -235,21 +218,6 @@
       void NORETURN die_resolve_conflict(const char *me);
       void NORETURN die_conclude_merge(void);
      
     - diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
     - --- a/builtin/tag.c
     - +++ b/builtin/tag.c
     -@@
     - 	if (type <= OBJ_NONE)
     - 		die(_("bad object type."));
     - 
     --	if (type == OBJ_TAG && advice_nested_tag)
     --		advise(_(message_advice_nested_tag), tag, object_ref);
     -+	if (type == OBJ_TAG)
     -+		advise_if_enabled(NESTED_TAG, _(message_advice_nested_tag), tag, object_ref);
     - 
     - 	strbuf_addf(&header,
     - 		    "object %s\n"
     -
       diff --git a/t/helper/test-advise.c b/t/helper/test-advise.c
       new file mode 100644
       --- /dev/null
     @@ -266,7 +234,10 @@
      +
      +	setup_git_directory();
      +
     -+	//use any advice type for testing
     ++	/*
     ++	  Any advice type can be used for testing, but NESTED_TAG was selected
     ++	  here and in t0018 where this command is being executed.
     ++	 */
      +	advise_if_enabled(NESTED_TAG, argv[1]);
      +
      +	return 0;
     @@ -329,15 +300,3 @@
      +'
      +
      +test_done
     -
     - diff --git a/t/t7004-tag.sh b/t/t7004-tag.sh
     - --- a/t/t7004-tag.sh
     - +++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh
     -@@
     - 	hint: already a tag. If you meant to tag the object that it points to, use:
     - 	hint: |
     - 	hint: 	git tag -f nested annotated-v4.0^{}
     -+	hint: Disable this message with "git config advice.nestedTag false"
     - 	EOF
     - 	git tag -m nested nested annotated-v4.0 2>actual &&
     - 	test_i18ncmp expect actual
 -:  ----------- > 3:  3cc0a17123d tag: use new advice API to check visibility
-- 
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  1. advice: refactor advise APIHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 10, 2020
  2. Derrick StoleeFeb 10, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2020
  4. Taylor BlauFeb 10, 2020
  5. Emily ShafferFeb 10, 2020
  6. Heba WalyFeb 11, 2020
  7. Taylor BlauFeb 12, 2020
  8. Heba WalyFeb 10, 2020
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  10. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2020
  11. Emily ShafferFeb 10, 2020
  12. Heba WalyFeb 11, 2020
  13. Jeff KingFeb 11, 2020
  14. Jeff KingFeb 11, 2020
  15. Heba WalyFeb 11, 2020
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2020
  17. Heba WalyFeb 11, 2020
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2020
  19. 0/2 [RFC][Outreachy] advice: refactor advise APIHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 16, 2020
  20. 2/2 advice: extract vadvise() from advise()Heba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 16, 2020
  21. 1/2 advice: refactor advise APIHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 16, 2020
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2020
  23. Heba WalyFeb 17, 2020
  24. Heba WalyFeb 19, 2020
  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2020
  26. 0/2 [Outreachy] advice: revamp advise APIHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 19, 2020
  27. 2/2 advice: extract vadvise() from advise()Heba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 19, 2020
  28. Emily ShafferFeb 20, 2020
  29. Heba WalyFeb 21, 2020
  30. 1/2 advice: revamp advise APIHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 19, 2020
  31. Emily ShafferFeb 20, 2020
  32. Heba WalyFeb 21, 2020
  33. 0/3 [Outreachy] advice: revamp advise APIHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 24, 2020
  34. 1/3 advice: extract vadvise() from advise()Heba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 24, 2020
  35. Emily ShafferFeb 24, 2020
  36. 3/3 tag: use new advice API to check visibilityHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 24, 2020
  37. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2020
  38. Emily ShafferFeb 24, 2020
  39. 2/3 advice: revamp advise APIHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 24, 2020
  40. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2020
  41. Eric SunshineFeb 24, 2020
  42. Heba WalyFeb 24, 2020
  43. Heba WalyFeb 24, 2020
  44. Emily ShafferFeb 24, 2020
  45. 0/3 [Outreachy] advice: revamp advise APIHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 25, 2020
  46. 1/3 advice: extract vadvise() from advise()Heba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 25, 2020
  47. 2/3 advice: revamp advise APIHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 25, 2020
  48. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2020
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  52. Heba WalyFeb 25, 2020
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  54. Heba WalyFeb 26, 2020
  55. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2020
  56. Heba WalyFeb 26, 2020
  57. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2020
  58. Jonathan TanFeb 26, 2020
  59. 3/3 tag: use new advice API to check visibilityHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 25, 2020
  60. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2020
  61. 0/4 [Outreachy] advice: revamp advise APIHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 27, 2020
  62. 1/4 advice: extract vadvise() from advise()Heba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 27, 2020
  63. 2/4 advice: change "setupStreamFailure" to "setUpstreamFailure"Heba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 27, 2020
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  65. 3/4 advice: revamp advise APIHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 27, 2020
  66. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2020
  67. Heba WalyFeb 29, 2020
  68. 4/4 tag: use new advice API to check visibilityHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Feb 27, 2020
  69. 0/4 [Outreachy] advice: revamp advise APIHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Mar 2, 2020
  70. 1/4 advice: extract vadvise() from advise()Heba Waly via GitGitGadget, Mar 2, 2020
  71. 2/4 advice: change "setupStreamFailure" to "setUpstreamFailure"Heba Waly via GitGitGadget, Mar 2, 2020
  72. 4/4 tag: use new advice API to check visibilityHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Mar 2, 2020
  73. 3/4 advice: revamp advise APIHeba Waly via GitGitGadget, Mar 2, 2020
  74. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2020
  75. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2020
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