Re: [PATCH v3] notes: teach the -e option to edit messages in editor

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On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 5:53 PM Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 02:38:15PM +0000, Samuel Adekunle Abraham via GitGitGadget wrote:
> > From: Abraham Samuel Adekunle <abrahamadekunle50@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Notes can be added to a commit using:
> >       - "-m" to provide a message on the command line.
> >       - -C to copy a note from a blob object.
> >       - -F to read the note from a file.
> > When these options are used, Git does not open an editor,
> > it simply takes the content provided via these options and
> > attaches it to the commit as a note.
> >
> > Improve flexibility to fine-tune the note before finalizing it
> > by allowing the messages to be prefilled in the editor and edited
> > after the messages have been provided through -[mF].
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Abraham Samuel Adekunle <abrahamadekunle50@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Nicely described, this commit message is looking good. Let's take a look
> at the patch below...
>
> > diff --git a/t/t3301-notes.sh b/t/t3301-notes.sh
> > index 99137fb2357..2827f592c66 100755
> > --- a/t/t3301-notes.sh
> > +++ b/t/t3301-notes.sh
> > @@ -1567,4 +1567,75 @@ test_expect_success 'empty notes do not invoke the editor' '
> >       git notes remove HEAD
> >  '
> >
> > +test_expect_success 'git notes add with -m/-F invokes editor with -e' '
> > +     test_commit 19th &&
> > +     MSG="Edited notes message" git notes add -m "Initial notes message" -e &&
> > +     echo "Edited notes message" >expect &&
>
> Very nice use of the fake_editor script here.
>
> It is a little cumbersome to repeat the same message in MSG= and when
> populating the 'expect' file. Perhaps instead this could be written as:
>
>     echo "edited notes message" >expect &&
>     MSG="$(cat expect)" git notes -add -m "initial" -e

Concise! :-). Thank you very much Taylor.
>
> > +     git notes show >actual &&
> > +     test_cmp expect actual &&
> > +     git notes remove HEAD &&
> > +
> > +     # Add a note using -F and edit it
> > +     echo "Note from file" >note_file &&
> > +     MSG="Edited note from file" git notes add -F note_file -e &&
> > +     echo "Edited note from file" >expect &&
>
> Same "note" here. ;-).
>
> > +     git notes show >actual &&
> > +     test_cmp expect actual
> > +'
> > +
> > +test_expect_success 'git notes append with -m/-F invokes the editor with -e' '
> > +     test_commit 20th &&
> > +     git notes add -m "Initial note message" &&
> > +     MSG="Appended edited note message" git notes append -m "New appended note" -e &&
>
> It's fine to use shorter values for -m and $MSG here. I think "appended"
> and "edited" would be fine for each, respectively.
>
Okay. Noted
> Besides applying those suggestions throughout the patch's new tests
> (including the ones that I didn't explicitly comment on here), I think
> that this should be looking good after another round. Thanks for working
> on it.
Thank you very much,
Abraham Samuel
>
> Thanks,
> Taylor





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