From: Olivier Marin <dkr@xxxxxxxxxxx> Junio C Hamano a écrit : > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > >> On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Olivier Marin wrote: >> >>> diff --git a/builtin-remote.c b/builtin-remote.c >>> index c49f00f..efe74c7 100644 >>> --- a/builtin-remote.c >>> +++ b/builtin-remote.c >>> @@ -421,10 +421,10 @@ static void show_list(const char *title, struct path_list *list) >>> >>> static int show_or_prune(int argc, const char **argv, int prune) >>> { >>> - int dry_run = 0, result = 0; >>> + int no_query = 0, result = 0; >> Just for the record (not that I think anybody will care): I do not like >> this change. > > I do not think nobody cares ;-). > > At least I care enough to point out that I think you are wrong in this > case. "show -n" in the scripted version was never about "dry-run" but > was about "no-query". > > The problem with the area of the code this patch touches is that compared > to the scripted version, show and prune now share their codepaths a bit > more, and it is less easy to keep -n disabled for prune (I think it is a > nonsense because you cannot "prune" sensibly without looking at what the > remote has. It was a bug in the scripted version and losing it in C > rewrite was a "silent bugfix") while resurrecting -n for show (which is a > quick way to view where the URL points at without bothering to see what > remote branches there are). > > I think a sensible thing to do would be to: > > - Agree that "-n" in the sense that "do not query" and "--dry-run" in the > sense that "do not do anything but report what you would do" are > different options. > > - Resurrect "show -n" as a quick way to view URLs without bothering to > contact the remote end that is needed to show "the tracked branches" > information. > > - Forbid "prune -n", which is nonsense. > > - Make "prune --dry-run" truly useful --- contact the other end, and > report what will be pruned without really pruning them. > > - Perhaps as an enhancement, "show -n" could show what tracking branches > we have from the remote, even though the information may be stale. > The scripted version did not do this, I think, and it would be an > improvement. [1/4] remote show: fix the -n option [2/4] builtin-remote: split show_or_prune() in two separate functions. [3/4] remote prune: print the list of pruned branches [4/4] remote show: list tracked remote branches with -n. Documentation/git-remote.txt | 9 +-- builtin-remote.c | 160 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ t/t5505-remote.sh | 36 ++++++++++ 3 files changed, 154 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-) Olivier. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html