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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] maintenance: add 'unregister --force'

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 26, 2022, 19:17 UTC
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Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com> writes:
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> On 9/26/2022 11:39 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>> 
>> On Mon, Sep 26 2022, Derrick Stolee wrote:
>> 
>>> On 9/23/2022 9:08 AM, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 01:37:16PM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:
>>>>>  static int maintenance_unregister(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>>>>>  {
>>>>> +	int force = 0;
>>>>>  	struct option options[] = {
>>>>> +		OPT_BOOL(0, "force", &force,
>>>>> +			 N_("return success even if repository was not registered")),
>>>>
>>>> This could be shortened a bit by using OPT__FORCE() instead of
>>>> OPT_BOOL().  OTOH, please make it a bit longer, and declare the option
>>>> with the PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE flag to hide it from completion:
>>>
>>> Looks like I can do both like this:
>>>
>>> 		OPT__FORCE(&force,
>>> 			   N_("return success even if repository was not registered"),
>>> 			   PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
>> 
>> I don't think PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE is appropriate here. Yes we use it
>> for most of --force, but in some non-destructive cases (e.g. "add") we
>> don't.
>> 
>> This seems to be such a case, we'll destroy no data or do anything
>> irrecoverable. It's really just a
>> --do-not-be-so-anal-about-your-exit-code option.
>
> I agree, so I wasn't completely sold on PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE. I'll use
> your vote to not add that option.

I am perfectly OK with that. Given that "git reset --hard" is not given nocomplete option, I do not see much point in "destructive ones are not completed" guideline in practice anyway. After all, "add --force" would be destructively removing the object name recorded for the path previously.

Thanks for carefully thinking the UI remifications through.
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  1. maintenance: make unregister idempotentDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 20, 2022
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2022
  3. Derrick StoleeSep 22, 2022
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2022
  5. Derrick StoleeSep 22, 2022
  6. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2022
  7. 0/2 scalar: make unregister idempotentDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 22, 2022
  8. 2/2 scalar: make 'unregister' idempotentDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 22, 2022
  9. 1/2 maintenance: add 'unregister --force'Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 22, 2022
  10. SZEDER GáborSep 23, 2022
  11. Derrick StoleeSep 26, 2022
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 26, 2022
  13. Derrick StoleeSep 26, 2022
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2022
  15. 0/3 scalar: make unregister idempotentDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 26, 2022
  16. 1/3 maintenance: add 'unregister --force'Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 26, 2022
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2022
  18. Derrick StoleeSep 26, 2022
  19. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2022
  20. Derrick StoleeSep 27, 2022
  21. Derrick StoleeSep 27, 2022
  22. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 27, 2022
  23. Derrick StoleeSep 27, 2022
  24. 2/3 scalar: make 'unregister' idempotentDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 26, 2022
  25. 3/3 gc: replace config subprocesses with API callsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 26, 2022
  26. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2022
  27. 0/4 scalar: make unregister idempotentDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 27, 2022
  28. 1/4 maintenance: add 'unregister --force'Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 27, 2022
  29. 2/4 scalar: make 'unregister' idempotentDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 27, 2022
  30. 3/4 gc: replace config subprocesses with API callsDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 27, 2022
  31. 4/4 string-list: document iterator behavior on NULL inputDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Sep 27, 2022
  32. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2022
  33. Junio C HamanoSep 27, 2022
  34. Derrick StoleeSep 27, 2022

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