On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 10:32:52AM +0000, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > With this change errors messages such as "--contains option is only > allowed with -l" don't make sense anymore, since options like > --contain turn on -l. Instead we error out when list-like options such > as --contain are used in conjunction with conflicting options such as > -d or -v. Yeah, I think this is the right approach. > This change does not consider "-n" a list-like option, even though > that might be logical. Permitting it would allow: > > git tag -n 100 > > As a synonym for: > > git tag -n --list 100 > > Which, while not technically ambiguous as the option must already be > provided as -n<num> rather than -n <num>, would be confusing. I'm not sure the existing behavior isn't confusing anyway (most optional arguments are). But I don't mind being conservative and leaving out "-n" for now; we can always convert it later if somebody feels strongly about it. > diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c > index 0bba3fd070..3483636e59 100644 > --- a/builtin/tag.c > +++ b/builtin/tag.c > @@ -454,8 +454,12 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > } > create_tag_object = (opt.sign || annotate || msg.given || msgfile); > > - if (argc == 0 && !cmdmode && !create_tag_object) > - cmdmode = 'l'; > + if (!cmdmode && !create_tag_object) { > + if (argc == 0) > + cmdmode = 'l'; > + else if (filter.with_commit || filter.points_at.nr || filter.merge_commit) > + cmdmode = 'l'; > + } Makes sense. > @@ -483,15 +487,16 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > if (column_active(colopts)) > stop_column_filter(); > return ret; > + } else { > + if (filter.lines != -1) > + die(_("-n option is only allowed in list mode.")); > + if (filter.with_commit) > + die(_("--contains option is only allowed in list mode.")); > + if (filter.points_at.nr) > + die(_("--points-at option is only allowed in list mode.")); > + if (filter.merge_commit) > + die(_("--merged and --no-merged options are only allowed in list mode.")); > } > - if (filter.lines != -1) > - die(_("-n option is only allowed with -l.")); > - if (filter.with_commit) > - die(_("--contains option is only allowed with -l.")); > - if (filter.points_at.nr) > - die(_("--points-at option is only allowed with -l.")); > - if (filter.merge_commit) > - die(_("--merged and --no-merged option are only allowed with -l")); I'm not sure why these go into the "else" clause here. The other side of the conditional (i.e., when we are in list mode) always returns. I don't _mind_ it, it's just surprising in this patch. While we are re-wording the messages, we may want to drop the periods at the end of the first three (or keep it on the fourth one, but I our usual style is to omit it). > --- a/t/t7004-tag.sh > +++ b/t/t7004-tag.sh The tests looked reasonable to me. -Peff