Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2018-11-17

Re: [PATCH-2] Change writing style

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2018-11-17 09:04:17

Jacques Bodin-Hullin [off-list ref] writes:
Subject: Re: [PATCH-2] Change writing style
Let's do the usual "<area>: summary" instead.  Perhaps

    Subject: parse-options: lose an unnecessary space in an error message

It is obvious why it is done, so I do not see a need for any other
description in the body of the message for this change.

We still need the patch signed-off.  cf. Documentation/SubmittingPatches
---
 parse-options.c          | 4 ++--
 t/t0040-parse-options.sh | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
All changes look good to me.

quoted hunk
diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
index 3b874a83a0c89..f5ef24155950b 100644
--- a/parse-options.c
+++ b/parse-options.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static void check_typos(const char *arg, const struct option *options)
 		return;
 
 	if (starts_with(arg, "no-")) {
-		error ("did you mean `--%s` (with two dashes ?)", arg);
+		error("did you mean `--%s` (with two dashes)?", arg);
 		exit(129);
 	}
 
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static void check_typos(const char *arg, const struct option *options)
 		if (!options->long_name)
 			continue;
 		if (starts_with(options->long_name, arg)) {
-			error ("did you mean `--%s` (with two dashes ?)", arg);
+			error("did you mean `--%s` (with two dashes)?", arg);
 			exit(129);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
index 5b0560fa20e34..c442f9ae15ff8 100755
--- a/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
+++ b/t/t0040-parse-options.sh
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ test_expect_success 'non ambiguous option (after two options it abbreviates)' '
 '
 
 cat >typo.err <<\EOF
-error: did you mean `--boolean` (with two dashes ?)
+error: did you mean `--boolean` (with two dashes)?
 EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'detect possible typos' '
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ test_expect_success 'detect possible typos' '
 '
 
 cat >typo.err <<\EOF
-error: did you mean `--ambiguous` (with two dashes ?)
+error: did you mean `--ambiguous` (with two dashes)?
 EOF
 
 test_expect_success 'detect possible typos' '

--
https://github.com/git/git/pull/540
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