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Re: [PATCH v17 14/14] tag.c: implement '--merged' and '--no-merged' options

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 17, 2015, 22:09 UTC
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John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> writes:
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>> +--[no-]merged [<commit>]::
>
> We prefer to write --[no-]* as:
>
> 	--option::
> 	--no-option::
>
> although this may be the first instance that we see this combination
> with an argument.
>
> I also found the "[<commit>]" syntax confusing and had to go and figure
> out what PARSE_OPT_LASTARG_DEFAULT does; I wonder if it's worth
> appending something like the following to the help for this option:
>
> 	The `commit` may be omitted if this is the final argument.

"may be omitted" must be followed by a description of what happens when omitted (i.e. "defaults to ...").

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Message 40 of 56 in “port tag.c to use ref-filter APIs”
  1. 00/14 port tag.c to use ref-filter APIsKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  2. 01/14 ref-filter: move `struct atom_value` to ref-filter.cKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  3. 02/14 ref-filter: introduce ref_formatting_state and ref_formatting_stackKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  4. 03/14 utf8: add function to align a string into given strbufKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  5. 04/14 ref-filter: introduce handler function for each atomKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  6. 05/14 ref-filter: introduce match_atom_name()Karthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  7. Matthieu MoySep 10, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  9. Matthieu MoySep 10, 2015
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  11. Matthieu MoySep 10, 2015
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  13. Karthik NayakSep 10, 2015
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  15. Karthik NayakSep 10, 2015
  16. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  17. Karthik NayakSep 10, 2015
  18. 05/14 ref-filter: introduce match_atom_name()Karthik Nayak, Sep 11, 2015
  19. 06/14 ref-filter: implement an `align` atomKarthik Nayak, Sep 11, 2015
  20. 06/14 ref-filter: implement an `align` atomKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  21. Matthieu MoySep 10, 2015
  22. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  23. 06/14 ref-filter: implement an `align` atomKarthik Nayak, Sep 11, 2015
  24. 07/14 ref-filter: add option to filter out tags, branches and remotesKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  25. 08/14 ref-filter: add support for %(contents:lines=X)Karthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  26. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  27. Karthik NayakSep 10, 2015
  28. 08/14 ref-filter: add support for %(contents:lines=X)Karthik Nayak, Sep 11, 2015
  29. 09/14 ref-filter: add support to sort by versionKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  30. 10/14 ref-filter: add option to match literal patternKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  31. 11/14 tag.c: use 'ref-filter' data structuresKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  32. 12/14 tag.c: use 'ref-filter' APIsKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  33. 12/14 tag.c: use 'ref-filter' APIsKarthik Nayak, Sep 11, 2015
  34. 13/14 tag.c: implement '--format' optionKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  35. Junio C HamanoSep 10, 2015
  36. Karthik NayakSep 10, 2015
  37. 13/14 tag.c: implement '--format' optionKarthik Nayak, Sep 11, 2015
  38. 14/14 tag.c: implement '--merged' and '--no-merged' optionsKarthik Nayak, Sep 10, 2015
  39. John KeepingSep 17, 2015
  40. Junio C HamanoSep 17, 2015
  41. Matthieu MoySep 18, 2015
  42. John KeepingSep 18, 2015
  43. Matthieu MoySep 18, 2015
  44. Karthik NayakSep 18, 2015
  45. Matthieu MoySep 18, 2015
  46. Karthik NayakSep 18, 2015
  47. Matthieu MoySep 18, 2015
  48. Karthik NayakSep 18, 2015
  49. Matthieu MoySep 18, 2015
  50. Matthieu MoySep 10, 2015
  51. Karthik NayakSep 11, 2015
  52. Eric SunshineSep 11, 2015
  53. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2015
  54. Karthik NayakSep 11, 2015
  55. Matthieu MoySep 12, 2015
  56. Karthik NayakSep 13, 2015

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