Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] completion: hide dotfiles for selected path completion
"D. Ben Knoble" <ben.knoble@gmail.com> writes:
> [Small typo correction that may affect how the message is read]
Thanks, I spotted another one.
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>> ... I find this range diff very troubling. If we look at patch 2,
>> it seems that it redoes some part of what is done in patch 1 saying
>> "oops that was wrong, so let's do it better this time". Such a
>> drunken-mans' walk that goes in one direction in an earlier step,
>> only to be corrected to move to a different course, is now how we
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> "is not" :)
>> want a new topic to be presented.
>>
>> The end result may be much easier to read, mostly thanks to updated
>> loop in the awk script, so if we really want to pretend this as two
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>> patches for "small pieces are easier to digest" value, perhaps have
>> [PATCH 1/2] that updates the awk script (without doing anything
>> related to hide-dotfiles theme) to make it easier to read by not
>> having multiple "print pfx p" in it, and then build on top of that
>> improved base, have [PATCH 2/2] that adds the support to hide
>> dotfiles, perhaps?