Re: [PATCH 1/3] command-list.txt: group common commands by theme

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On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Sébastien Guimmara
<sebastien.guimmara@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 05/06/2015 08:57 AM, Eric Sunshine wrote:
>> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Sébastien Guimmara
>> <sebastien.guimmara@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Sébastien Guimmara <sebastien.guimmara@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> diff --git a/command-list.txt b/command-list.txt
>>> index f1eae08..64394ca 100644
>>> --- a/command-list.txt
>>> +++ b/command-list.txt
>>> @@ -1,29 +1,39 @@
>>>   # List of known git commands.
>>> -# command name                         category [deprecated] [common]
>>> -git-add                                 mainporcelain common
>>> +# only add group information for common commands
>>
>> Perhaps mention also that the order of groups here is the order in
>> which they are output by 'git help'?
>
> It wouldn't be necessary if we reorder alphabetically the content of
> each group, no ?

I'm not sure to what you are referring here? (Perhaps my comment was
unclear, or perhaps I'm misreading your response.)

I meant only that the comment above [groups] should say that the order
of the items in [groups] is the order in which the groups themselves
are output by "git help".

>>> +[groups]
>>
>> Thinking on this a bit more, perhaps [groups] is too generic. Maybe
>> [common] or [commongroups] would be more descriptive?
>>
>>> +init                   starting a working area
>>> +worktree               working on the current change
>>> +remote                 working with others
>>
>> "collaborating with others" perhaps?
>
> Yes, "groups" has been itching a bit. I thought about "theme", but
> common just does the job too. "collaborating with others" sounds
> redundant to me (but I'm being a grammar nazi here).

I also think "collaborating" itself is best, but changed it at the
last second before sending the email.

>>> -git-fast-export                                ancillarymanipulators
>>> -git-fast-import                                ancillarymanipulators
>>> -git-fetch                               mainporcelain common
>>> +git-fast-export                         ancillarymanipulators
>>> +git-fast-import                         ancillarymanipulators
>>
>> Unintended whitespace changes for fast-export and fast-import lines? I
>> wouldn't have expected to see these lines change in this patch.
>
> All whitespace changes were intended to align the commands on the same
> column. I realize this should be the object of a separate patch.

Strange. In my editor, all columns are already aligned. Perhaps your
tab with setting is incorrect? (It should be set to 8.)

>>> -git-grep                                mainporcelain common
>>> +git-grep                                mainporcelain
>>
>> This change isn't mentioned anywhere, not even in the cover letter.
>> Did you intend to drop 'grep' from the common command list?
>
> It's a mistake in the cover letter. I indeed intended to propose to
> remove grep and tag from the common commands.

I personally consider "grep" an important beginner command, but that's
an issue to be argued separately; and it's also why it's a good idea
to put the removals in their own patch, so people can argue about it
without holding up the rest of the patches.

>>>   [...]
>>> -git-write-tree                          plumbingmanipulators
>>> +git-write-tree                          plumbingmanipulators
>>> \ No newline at end of file
>>
>> Your editor is perhaps dropping the final newline in the file? This is
>> an undesirable change. Patch 2/3 exhibits the same problem.
>
> As for the final newline, it was deliberately removed. I was not aware it
> was necessary in text files. I'll correct this.

Historically, many Unix tools incorrectly handled files lacking that
final newline; sometimes by dropping the line altogether, sometimes
mis-processing it in some way or another. Misbehaviors still exist
today, often in BSD tools. In fact, just a few days ago, such a
problem was reported for git-filter-branch[1]. Consequently, retaining
newline is good insurance against misbehaving tools.

[1]: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/267828/focus=267957
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