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Re: [RFC PATCH] log: add log.showStat configuration variable

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 12, 2020, 16:14 UTC
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Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:
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>> I worried about that, too. But I think the initial step was already in
>> 2015, when stash.showStat and stash.showPatch were added. No flood of
>> options happened since then? I was actually surprised about it, too,
>> that it took so long until someone wanted to have showStat for show and
>> log, too.
>
> I'm not sure these examples will help your case.
>
> Does 'stash' have more things that would be beneficial to show
> every time? If no, then 'stash' is much more specialized than
> 'show' and 'log' which have many more options. If yes, then this
> is exactly what we want to avoid happening: an incomplete set of
> config options that are tailored to a small subset of options.

Well said---I do not have anything more to add to that point that 'stash' is not a very good example to mimic.

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  1. log: add log.showStat configuration variableRobert Karszniewicz, Oct 8, 2020
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2020
  3. Robert KarszniewiczOct 10, 2020
  4. Derrick StoleeOct 8, 2020
  5. Robert KarszniewiczOct 11, 2020
  6. Derrick StoleeOct 12, 2020
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2020

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