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Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] reset: make --no-refresh the only way to skip index refresh

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Mar 24, 2022, 20:36 UTC
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Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>> 
>>> ... as you suggested, I think mimicking how existing commands with
>>> "--no-<option>" are shown, e.g. builtlin/update-ref.c does
>>> "--no-deref",
>>>
>>>     $ git update-ref -h 2>&1 | grep deref
>>>         --no-deref            update <refname> not the one it points to
>>>     $ git grep 'OPT_BOOL.*"no-deref"'
>>>     builtin/update-ref.c:		OPT_BOOL( 0 , "no-deref", &no_deref,
>>>
>>> would be a good approach.
>>>
>>>> The range-diff for the other changes looks good
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> #leftoverbit: we may want to discuss if it is a good idea to teach
>>> OPT_BOOL() to list "--[no-]<option>" in "git cmd -h", instead of
>>> just "--<option>".
>> 
>> 
>> Unfortunately, I merged these already to 'next' before seeing your
>> comment, so we'd need to go incremental.
>> 
>> How about this?
>> 
>> ----- >8 --------- >8 --------- >8 --------- >8 -----
>> Subject: [PATCH] reset: show --no-refresh in the short-help
>> 
>> In the short help output from "git reset -h", the recently added
>> "--[no-]refresh" option is shown like so:
>> 
>>         --refresh             skip refreshing the index after reset
>> 
>> which explains what happens when the option is given in the negative
>> form, i.e. "--no-refresh".  We could rephrase the explanation to
>> read "refresh the index after reset (default)" to hint that the user
>> can say "--no-refresh" to override the default, but listing the
>> "--no-refresh" form in the list of options would be more helpful.
>> 
>> Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>
>> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
>> ---
>>  builtin/reset.c | 6 +++---
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git c/builtin/reset.c w/builtin/reset.c
>> index 1d89faef5e..344fff8f3a 100644
>> --- c/builtin/reset.c
>> +++ w/builtin/reset.c
>> @@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static int git_reset_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
>>  int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>>  {
>>  	int reset_type = NONE, update_ref_status = 0, quiet = 0;
>> -	int refresh = 1;
>> +	int no_refresh = 0;
>>  	int patch_mode = 0, pathspec_file_nul = 0, unborn;
>>  	const char *rev, *pathspec_from_file = NULL;
>>  	struct object_id oid;
>> @@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>>  	int intent_to_add = 0;
>>  	const struct option options[] = {
>>  		OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("be quiet, only report errors")),
>> -		OPT_BOOL(0, "refresh", &refresh,
>> +		OPT_BOOL(0, "no-refresh", &no_refresh,
>>  				N_("skip refreshing the index after reset")),
>>  		OPT_SET_INT(0, "mixed", &reset_type,
>>  						N_("reset HEAD and index"), MIXED),
>> @@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>>  			if (read_from_tree(&pathspec, &oid, intent_to_add))
>>  				return 1;
>>  			the_index.updated_skipworktree = 1;
>> -			if (refresh && get_git_work_tree()) {
>> +			if (!no_refresh && get_git_work_tree()) {
>>  				uint64_t t_begin, t_delta_in_ms;
>>  
>>  				t_begin = getnanotime();
>
> This looks good to me, and it's passing all of the relevant tests. Thank you
> both for your help with this!
OK, will queue this on top.
Thanks.
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Message 23 of 25 in “reset: make --no-refresh the only way to skip index refresh”
  1. 0/4 reset: make --no-refresh the only way to skip index refreshVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 21, 2022
  2. 2/4 reset: deprecate 'reset.quiet' config optionVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 21, 2022
  3. Phillip WoodMar 23, 2022
  4. 1/4 reset: do not make '--quiet' disable index refreshVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 21, 2022
  5. Phillip WoodMar 23, 2022
  6. Victoria DyeMar 23, 2022
  7. 3/4 reset: deprecate 'reset.refresh' config optionVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 21, 2022
  8. Phillip WoodMar 23, 2022
  9. Victoria DyeMar 23, 2022
  10. 4/4 reset: deprecate '--refresh', leaving only '--no-refresh'Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 21, 2022
  11. Phillip WoodMar 23, 2022
  12. Victoria DyeMar 23, 2022
  13. 0/3 reset: make --no-refresh the only way to skip index refreshVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 23, 2022
  14. 1/3 reset: do not make '--quiet' disable index refreshVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 23, 2022
  15. 2/3 reset: remove 'reset.quiet' config optionVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 23, 2022
  16. 3/3 reset: remove 'reset.refresh' config optionVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 23, 2022
  17. Derrick StoleeMar 23, 2022
  18. Junio C HamanoMar 23, 2022
  19. Phillip WoodMar 24, 2022
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2022
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2022
  22. Victoria DyeMar 24, 2022
  23. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2022
  24. Derrick StoleeMar 25, 2022
  25. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2022

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