Re: [PATCH] worktree: accept -f as short for --force for removal

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 2:19 PM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The force flag is very common in many commands and is commonly
>> abbreviated with '-f', so add that to worktree removal, too by using
>> OPT__FORCE instead of a self cooked OPT_BOOL for force.
>
> The missing bit of this sentence:
>
>     ...self cooked OPT_BOOL for force which forgets '-f'.
>
>> While at it, add the PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE flag to the force command line
>> option as forcing a removal may lose files.
>>
>> The short form of "-f" is already documented in the man page,
>> so we do not have to adjust the docs.
>
> Makes sense. A possible rewrite (of the entire commit message):
>
>     worktree: remove: recognize -f as short for --force
>
>     Many commands support a --force option, frequently abbreviated as
>     -f, however, "git worktree remove"'s hand-rolled OPT_BOOL forgets
>     to recognize the short form, despite git-worktree.txt documenting
>     -f as supported. Replace OPT_BOOL with OPT__FORCE, which provides
>     -f for free, and makes 'remove' consistent with 'add' option
>     parsing (which also specifies the PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE flag).
>
>> Helped-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks better.  I am not sure if s/--force/-f/ in the synopsis
section is warranted, but '-f' is commonly understood as '--force'
(and that is the point of this patch after all), so it is probably
an improvement to be briefer.

Thanks, both.

>
> The patch itself looks good. Thanks. With or without the above rewrite
> or minor adjustment, this patch is:
>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



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