# 1.7.7.3 wishlist: add --verbose option to git-tag

4 messages from 2011-12-30 to 2012-01-03. Participants: Jari Aalto, Jeff King, Junio C Hamano, jaalto.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/29272

## Jari Aalto, 2011-12-30 23:32

Subject: 1.7.7.3 wishlist: add --verbose option to git-tag
Message-ID: <87d3b51vr0.fsf@cante.cante.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87d3b51vr0.fsf%40cante.cante.net

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In scripts it would be useful if "git tag" would provide option:

    --verbose

As in script:

    git tag --verbose -m "Initial import" upstream/1.0

It would also help if all commands would use similar interface. In "git
tag" case, this would meen relocating:

    -v      =>      -g, --verify-gpg

And reserve these:

    -v, --verbose

Jari

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## Jeff King, 2012-01-03 19:39

Subject: Re: 1.7.7.3 wishlist: add --verbose option to git-tag
Message-ID: <20120103193952.GF20926@sigill.intra.peff.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20120103193952.GF20926%40sigill.intra.peff.net
In-Reply-To: <87d3b51vr0.fsf@cante.cante.net>

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On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 01:32:19AM +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:

> In scripts it would be useful if "git tag" would provide option:
> 
>     --verbose
> 
> As in script:
> 
>     git tag --verbose -m "Initial import" upstream/1.0

What would the --verbose flag do?

> It would also help if all commands would use similar interface. In "git
> tag" case, this would meen relocating:
> 
>     -v      =>      -g, --verify-gpg
> 
> And reserve these:
> 
>     -v, --verbose

I agree it would be nicer. We would need to follow the usual deprecation
procedure of:

  1. introduce "-g", leave "-v" as a deprecated alias

  2. wait a long time

  3. drop "-v"

If you want to start a discussion, producing a patch for (1) is probably
the best way. If your plan is eventual consistency between options of
various commands, an even better start would be listing the existing
non-verbose uses of "-v" and making aliases for all of them.

-Peff

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## Junio C Hamano, 2012-01-03 20:02

Subject: Re: 1.7.7.3 wishlist: add --verbose option to git-tag
Message-ID: <7vk458tuzq.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vk458tuzq.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <87d3b51vr0.fsf@cante.cante.net>

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Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:

> In scripts it would be useful if "git tag" would provide option:
>
>     --verbose
>
> As in script:
>
>     git tag --verbose -m "Initial import" upstream/1.0

"In scripts", you are expected to be capable of doing anything fancy with
"git cat-file tag", but we add things that turn out to be commonly needed.

What does the proposed "--verbose" produce that makes scripts easier to
write (i.e. avoids repeated post-processing of "git cat-file tag" output),
and how commonly would what you propose apply to various people's needs
other than yours?

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## jaalto, 2012-01-03 20:28

Subject: Re: 1.7.7.3 wishlist: add --verbose option to git-tag
Message-ID: <20120103202821.GB19131@cante.cante.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20120103202821.GB19131%40cante.cante.net
In-Reply-To: <7vk458tuzq.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

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On 2012-01-03 12:02, Junio C Hamano wrote:
| Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> writes:
| 
| > In scripts it would be useful if "git tag" would provide option:
| >
| >     --verbose
| >
| > As in script:
| >
| >     git tag --verbose -m "Initial import" upstream/1.0
| 
| What does the proposed "--verbose" produce that makes scripts easier to
| write

Not "easier write", but to display progress to user; show what is
hapening. Similarly to other --verbose options. Messgae could be:

	  "tagged: upstream/1.0 asd1234"

Jari

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