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.