From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 17:30:27 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 6/8] pager: remove pager_in_use()
Message-ID: <xmqqr0pvcx58.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAFySSZBBAatvBmfwn9vc=v2hdWX_0Q4g4txqLOwtqiFZFW7uiA@mail.gmail.com>

Calvin Wan <calvinwan@google.com> writes:

>> Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com> writes:
>>
>> >                      Could we add a is_pager/pager_in_use to that
>> > function and push the pager.h dependency upwards?
>>
>> Bleh, I meant "Could we add a new is_pager/pager_in_use parameter to
>> that function?"
>
> Refactoring the function signature to:
>
> parse_date_format(const char *format, struct date_mode *mode, int pager_in_use)
>
> as you suggested is a much better solution, thanks! I'll make that
> change in the next reroll.

Yeah, the date format "auto:" that changes behaviour between the
output medium feels a serious layering violation, but given the
constraints, it looks like the best thing to do.

Thanks.