Re: master 4a1e97b: New user option for Git log switches

[Michael Albinus]

Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> writes:

> Hi Michael,

Hi Dmitry,

>>> +(defcustom vc-git-log-switches t
>>> +  "String or list of strings specifying switches for Git log under VC."
>>> +  :type '(choice (const :tag "None" t)
>>> +                 (string :tag "Argument String")
>>> +                 (repeat :tag "Argument List" :value ("") string))
>>> +  :version "28.1")
>> Is there a reason to use the t value for "None"? All other log
>> switches
>> (vc-bzr-log-switches, vc-hg-log-switches, vc-src-log-switches) use nil
>> for this purpose, and it sounds also more natural to me as being an
>> empty list of strings.
>
> nil also works.
>
> The author followed the example of 'diff switches', where there is a
> certain hierarchy of variables to follow if the backend-specific one
> returns nil.

Existing vc-*-diff-switches declare

  :type '(choice (const :tag "Unspecified" nil)
                 (const :tag "None" t)
                 (string :tag "Argument String")
                 (repeat :tag "Argument List" :value ("") string)))

Existing vc-*-log-switches declare

  :type '(choice (const :tag "None" nil)
                 (string :tag "Argument String")
                 (repeat :tag "Argument List" :value ("") string)))

> I figured it wouldn't be too bad to allow that possibility in the
> future, but you are probably right and we should simplify this.

In favor of uniformity, vc-git-log-switches might follow the scheme.

> 'hg log' and 'git log' are pretty different after all.

Sure. But we're speaking about defcustom types, aren't we?

Best regards, Michael.