Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] lib-proto-disable: variable name fix

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On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 12:40:28PM -0800, Brandon Williams wrote:

> On 11/07, Jeff King wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 11:35:22AM -0800, Brandon Williams wrote:
> > 
> > > Small fix to use '$desc' instead of '$1' in lib-proto-disable.sh.
> > 
> > Even for a trivial fixup like this, I think it's good to say why.
> > Because what seems trivial and obvious to you while working on the patch
> > may not be so to a reviewer, or somebody reading it 6 months later.
> > 
> > Just something simple like:
> > 
> >   The test_proto function assigns the positional parameters to named
> >   variables, but then still refers to "$desc" as "$1". Using $desc is
> >   more readable and less error-prone.
> > 
> > -Peff
> 
> Alright will do.  Commit messages don't seem to be an area of strength
> for me, but I'm working on it! :D

It's possible that I'm overly picky about my commit messages, but that
does not stop me from trying to train an army of picky-commit-message
clones. :)

-Peff



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