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Re: [PATCH v2] rev-list --disk-usage

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 11, 2021, 17:57 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
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>> I think this is the "narrowly scoped" bit from Junio's response above.
>> It would be a bit weird to have an examples section for rev-list that
>> only mentions this rather obscure feature.
>
> I don't think the lack of an EXAMPLES section or the relative obscurity
> of the switch should preclude us from adding useful documentation.
>
> Yes it would feel a bit out of place, but we can always have a
> sub-section of EXAMPLES, and we've got to start somewhere.
>
> In this case I don't see why it couldn't be added to OPTIONS, we've got
> some very long discussion there already, and as long as there's a clear
> separation in prose from an initial brief discussion of the switch and
> further prose it won't be confusing for readers, they can just page past
> the details.
OK.

In any case, [v2] as we have it (with test number relocation) should be good as-is, so I'd start preparing to merge it down to 'next' soonish.

Thanks.
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Message 26 of 30 in “rev-list --disk-usage”
  1. 0/2 rev-list --disk-usageJeff King, Jan 27, 2021
  2. 1/2 t: add --no-tag option to test_commitJeff King, Jan 27, 2021
  3. Taylor BlauJan 27, 2021
  4. 2/2 rev-list: add --disk-usage option for calculating disk usageJeff King, Jan 27, 2021
  5. Taylor BlauJan 27, 2021
  6. Jeff KingJan 27, 2021
  7. Eric SunshineJan 27, 2021
  8. Jeff KingJan 27, 2021
  9. Kyle MeyerJan 27, 2021
  10. Jeff KingJan 27, 2021
  11. Taylor BlauJan 27, 2021
  12. rev-list --disk-usageJeff King, Feb 9, 2021
  13. 1/2 t: add --no-tag option to test_commitJeff King, Feb 9, 2021
  14. 2/2 rev-list: add --disk-usage option for calculating disk usageJeff King, Feb 9, 2021
  15. Jeff KingFeb 9, 2021
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2021
  17. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2021
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2021
  19. Taylor BlauFeb 10, 2021
  20. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2021
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2021
  22. Jeff KingFeb 10, 2021
  23. Taylor BlauFeb 10, 2021
  24. Jeff KingFeb 11, 2021
  25. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonFeb 11, 2021
  26. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2021
  27. 0/2 rev-list --disk-usage example docsJeff King, Feb 17, 2021
  28. 1/2 docs/rev-list: add an examples sectionJeff King, Feb 17, 2021
  29. 2/2 docs/rev-list: add some examples of --disk-usageJeff King, Feb 17, 2021
  30. Taylor BlauFeb 17, 2021

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