Most distributions don't require Term::ReadKey as dependency, leaving
the user to wonder why the setting doesn't work.
Signed-off-by: Simon Ruderich <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 10:58:58AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Thanks, but is it true that interactive.singlekey "requries"
> Term::ReadKey?
Yes, it requires it. The code also works fine without
Term::ReadKey, but the feature "singlekey" requires this module.
I assumed a user enabling this option would also want to use the
feature, therefore "requires" is fine IMHO.
> The implementation of prompt_single_character sub wants to use
> ReadKey, but can still let the user interact with the program by
> falling back to a cooked input when it is not available, so perhaps
> a better fix might be something like this:
>
> if (!$use_readkey) {
> print STDERR "missing Term::ReadKey, disabling interactive.singlekey\n";
> }
>
> inside the above if() that prepares $use_readkey?
Good idea. Implemented in an additional patch.
I think the documentation should also be updated (this patch) to
make it clear to a reader of the man page, that an additional
module is required, without having him to try to use the option.
> You also misspelled the package name it seems ;-)
Oops, sorry. Fixed in this reroll.
Regards
Simon
Documentation/config.txt | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 5f4d793..406a582 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ interactive.singlekey::
linkgit:git-add[1], linkgit:git-checkout[1], linkgit:git-commit[1],
linkgit:git-reset[1], and linkgit:git-stash[1]. Note that this
setting is silently ignored if portable keystroke input
- is not available.
+ is not available; requires the Perl module Term::ReadKey.
log.abbrevCommit::
If true, makes linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], and
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1.9.0.11.g9a08b42
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+ privacy is necessary
+ using gnupg http://gnupg.org
+ public key id: 0x92FEFDB7E44C32F9
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