On Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 10:07:20PM +0000, Keller, Jacob E wrote: > I only noticed the sort recently, and I first tried to add an alias like > "tag = tag --sort=v:refname" but git didn't pick up the alias of the > name already. It was only added recently (v2.0.0). :) As you noticed, we do not allow aliases of actual git commands. I think it would be nice to notice and complain rather than silently ignoring them, though. > I use a lot of version-style tags so I wanted this to be default. I > did notice that the format of the sort parameter was actually pretty > complex, so it seemed that more was intended to be added to it. Yeah, the complexity is in preparation for becoming more flexible. I think we'd consider short options for commonly-used sorts, but were waiting for them to prove their value in the field. > The only main issue would be the location of the sort-configure code, > but that is actually easy to move so I don't think it's a big deal. The > configuration interface should remain similar. Agreed. It's not a problem moving code around. But once a user-facing feature is released, we try to keep compatibility with it. So as long as the config option's format stays the same (or strictly increases in features), that is fine. > > Your link to git-tag[5] should be to git-tag[1], I think. The final > > number is the manpage section. > > Which I thought was 5 for the commands? Or is it always [1]? Commands are 1. File formats are 5 (so there are some things in section 5 in git). "man man" has more. > > I was going to complain that this is duplicating the sort documentation > > from git-tag, but I see you actually moved it from the --sort option to > > here, and refer back from there to here. > > I actually didn't remove anything from git-tag, I only added the > reference to git-config. But I can keep from duplicating the > documentation in there. I like the idea of using an included file > though. Oh, sorry, I just misread the patch. Then I'll fall back to my original complaint. :) We should not duplicate, but just refer back to git-tag(1). > Alright that makes sense. I will send a v2 soon. Thanks for the > comments. You're welcome. Thanks for working on git (and welcome to the list, I think). -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html