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Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] bisect--helper: normalize format string of yes/no prompts

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 16, 2021, 21:49 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> "Kashav Madan via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> From: Kashav Madan <kshvmdn@gmail.com>
>>
>> Both callers of git_prompt in bisect--helper.c ask the user for yes/no
>> confirmation. They both place the question mark after the choices,
>> however this is inconsistent with how most UNIX-y tools do it. Update
>> the format string to exclude the choices from the question.
>
> Is there somewhere that the claim can be confirmed?  I am not having
> much luck with queries like
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=prompt+question+mark+and+choices
>
> that gave https://home.csulb.edu/~murdock/choice.html the most
> relevant page X-<.
>
> I personally do not think this step is worth doing, but in any case,
> NEVER touch po/* directory when you are updating code and strings in
> the code.  It is something our i18n coordinator will do at certain
> point in the release cycle.

After reading the series through, it seems all four patches share the same problem (i.e. swapping ? and choices, and touching po/*).

I'll discard this round, and instead queue the v2 from you, using the proposed log message to what I wrote for you during my review.

Thanks for your first contribution, and welcome to the Git development community ;-)

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From: Kashav Madan <kshvmdn@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:58:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] help: make auto-correction prompt more consistent

There are three callsites of git_prompt() helper function that ask a "yes/no" question to the end user, but one of them in help.c that asks if the suggested auto-correction is OK, which is given when the user makes a possible typo in a Git subcommand name, is formatted differently from the others.

Update the format string to make the prompt string look more consistent.

Signed-off-by: Kashav Madan <kshvmdn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 help.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 973e47cdc3..71444906dd 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ const char *help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)
 		else if (autocorrect == AUTOCORRECT_PROMPT) {
 			char *answer;
 			struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
-			strbuf_addf(&msg, _("Run '%s' instead? (y/N)"), assumed);
+			strbuf_addf(&msg, _("Run '%s' instead [y/N]? "), assumed);
 			answer = git_prompt(msg.buf, PROMPT_ECHO);
 			strbuf_release(&msg);
 			if (!(starts_with(answer, "y") ||
-- 
2.34.1-469-g0a17e94afe
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  1. help: add space after autocorrect promptkashav madan via GitGitGadget, Dec 15, 2021
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 15, 2021
  3. Johannes AltmanningerDec 16, 2021
  4. Eric SunshineDec 16, 2021
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2021
  6. help: make auto-correction prompt more consistentkashav madan via GitGitGadget, Dec 15, 2021
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2021
  8. 0/4 normalize format of yes/no promptskashav madan via GitGitGadget, Dec 16, 2021
  9. 2/4 clean: normalize format string of yes/no promptKashav Madan via GitGitGadget, Dec 16, 2021
  10. 1/4 bisect--helper: normalize format string of yes/no promptsKashav Madan via GitGitGadget, Dec 16, 2021
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2021
  12. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2021
  13. 3/4 add-patch: normalize format string of yes/no promptKashav Madan via GitGitGadget, Dec 16, 2021
  14. 4/4 help: make auto-correction prompt more consistentKashav Madan via GitGitGadget, Dec 16, 2021

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