Re: [GSoC PATCH 1/2] repo: add the flag -z as an alias for --format=nul

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 21, 2025, 16:09 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqsehk3bcp.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAOLa=ZQZCUsa7M0mh1oCq8hhBZS05=jw4y2Lr1r3rPe0-ajbhw@mail.gmail.com>

Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> writes:

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>> -git repo info [--format=(keyvalue|nul)] [<key>...]
>> +git repo info [--format=(keyvalue|nul)|-z] [<key>...]
>>
>
> Nit: Perhaps we can leave a space around '|' to make it easier to read?

Documentation/CodingGuidelines (Synopsis Syntax) has explicit guidelines about these things.

     Don't use spacing around "|" tokens when they're used to separate the
     alternate arguments of an option:
        Do: --track[=(direct|inherit)]
        Don't: --track[=(direct | inherit)]

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