Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] maintenance: add 'unregister --force'

From
Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date
2022-09-26 19:17:13
Derrick Stolee [off-list ref] writes:
On 9/26/2022 11:39 AM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
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On Mon, Sep 26 2022, Derrick Stolee wrote:
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On 9/23/2022 9:08 AM, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
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On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 01:37:16PM +0000, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:
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 static int maintenance_unregister(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
+	int force = 0;
 	struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "force", &force,
+			 N_("return success even if repository was not registered")),
This could be shortened a bit by using OPT__FORCE() instead of
OPT_BOOL().  OTOH, please make it a bit longer, and declare the option
with the PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE flag to hide it from completion:
Looks like I can do both like this:

		OPT__FORCE(&force,
			   N_("return success even if repository was not registered"),
			   PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE),
I don't think PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE is appropriate here. Yes we use it
for most of --force, but in some non-destructive cases (e.g. "add") we
don't.

This seems to be such a case, we'll destroy no data or do anything
irrecoverable. It's really just a
--do-not-be-so-anal-about-your-exit-code option.
I agree, so I wasn't completely sold on PARSE_OPT_NOCOMPLETE. I'll use
your vote to not add that option.
I am perfectly OK with that.  Given that "git reset --hard" is not
given nocomplete option, I do not see much point in "destructive
ones are not completed" guideline in practice anyway.  After all,
"add --force" would be destructively removing the object name
recorded for the path previously.

Thanks for carefully thinking the UI remifications through.
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