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Re: [PATCH v2 10/16] tag: change misleading --list <pattern> documentation

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 22, 2017, 21:09 UTC
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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
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>> Please drop "interleaved", as we are not encouraging GNUism.  We
>> just tolerate it but do not guarantee to keep them working.
>
> This brings up the same point you made in
> <xmqqmvci2zoc.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>, I replied to in
> <CACBZZX5LN8nhs85K18XVg4Y9_qb9zKGBoFnnQHSsRZVOP=OkDw@mail.gmail.com>,
> and that you didn't get back to me about.
>
> Rather than split the discussion or me copy/pasting large parts of
> that E-Mail could you please reply to me over in that thread?

There is nothing to reply. We know some people favor GNUism, but we do not actively encourage it, period.

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Message 36 of 45 in “Various changes to the "tag" command & related”
  1. 00/16 Various changes to the "tag" command & relatedÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  2. 01/16 tag doc: move the description of --[no-]merged earlierÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  4. 03/16 tag doc: reword --[no-]merged to talk about commits, not tipsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  5. 14/16 ref-filter: reflow recently changed branch/tag/for-each-ref docsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 21, 2017
  8. 15/16 tag: implicitly supply --list given the -n optionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  9. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 21, 2017
  11. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 21, 2017
  13. 13/16 ref-filter: add --no-contains option to tag/branch/for-each-refÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  15. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 21, 2017
  16. 02/16 tag doc: split up the --[no-]merged documentationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  18. 12/16 tag: change --point-at to default to HEADÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  20. 06/16 tag: remove a TODO item from the test suiteÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  21. 04/16 ref-filter: make combining --merged & --no-merged an errorÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  22. 05/16 ref-filter: add test for --contains on a non-commitÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  23. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  24. 07/16 tag tests: fix a typo in a test descriptionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  25. 08/16 for-each-ref: partly change <object> to <commit> in helpÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  26. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  27. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 21, 2017
  28. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  29. 09/16 tag: add more incompatibles mode testsÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  30. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  31. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 21, 2017
  32. 16/16 tag: add tests for --with and --withoutÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  33. 10/16 tag: change misleading --list <pattern> documentationÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  34. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  35. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 22, 2017
  36. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2017
  37. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 22, 2017
  38. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2017
  39. Jeff KingMar 22, 2017
  40. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMar 22, 2017
  41. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2017
  42. Junio C HamanoMar 22, 2017
  43. 11/16 tag: implicitly supply --list given another list-like optionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Mar 21, 2017
  44. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017
  45. Junio C HamanoMar 21, 2017

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