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--no-newline vs. --strict

From: Branko Čibej <brane_at_wandisco.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 13:09:37 +0100

On 25.02.2015 12:34, Philip Martin wrote:
> Branko Čibej <brane_at_wandisco.com> writes:
>
>> On 25.02.2015 12:10, Philip Martin wrote:
>>> Branko Čibej <brane_at_wandisco.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> The new variant of 'svn info' is called
>>>>
>>>> svn info --show-item=KEYWORD
>>>>
>>>> (it also accepts --no-newline, just like 'svn youngest' did).
>>> 'svn propget' has a much longer history of using --strict to suppress
>>> the newline.
>> Yes, but what are you suggesting, that I add the '--strict' option to
>> 'svn info'? Because I have trouble imagining how that would be
>> understandable to users.
> I am suggesting that --no-newline should be replaced by --strict. Is it
> harder to understand when used with 'info' than it is when used with
> 'propget'? It seems odd for different sub-commands to use different
> names for what is essentially the same option.
>
> 'svn youngest' is not a precedent for using --no-newline in 'svn' as it
> was never released. 'svnversion' does use '--no-newline' but it is not
> 'svn' and it also has '-c' that conflicts with 'svn'.

I'm changing the subject here because this --no-newline vs. --strict
debate really has nothing to do with 'svn info --show-item'.

To illustrate how absurd the current state is (this is on the
svn-info-detail branch):

$ grep -n opt_no_newline subversion/svn/svn.c
146: opt_no_newline,
421: {"no-newline", opt_no_newline, 0, N_("do not output the trailing newline")},
759: opt_changelist, opt_include_externals, opt_show_item, opt_no_newline}
2418: case opt_no_newline:

$ grep -n opt_strict subversion/svn/svn.c
113: opt_strict,
236: {"strict", opt_strict, 0, N_("use strict semantics")},
1380: {'v', 'R', opt_depth, 'r', opt_revprop, opt_strict, opt_xml,
1383: {opt_strict, N_("don't print an extra newline")}} },
2175: case opt_strict:

We have two options, one called --strict and another called --no-newline
(the latter is new on trunk). Both are used exactly once.

The single usage of the --strict option is arguably complete nonsense:
the default docstring, which isn't displayed *anywhere*, is 'use strict
semantics' and ... means nothing at all. In actual usage, --strict is
hardly mnemonic for not printing trailing newlines.

Given all that, I propose we deprecate --strict and conflate the actual
option value with --no-newline, like this (this is trunk, untested):

[[[
Index: subversion/svn/cl.h
===================================================================
--- subversion/svn/cl.h (revision 1662202)
+++ subversion/svn/cl.h (working copy)
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ typedef struct svn_cl__opt_state_t
   svn_boolean_t version; /* print version information */
   svn_boolean_t verbose; /* be verbose */
   svn_boolean_t update; /* contact the server for the full story */
- svn_boolean_t strict; /* do strictly what was requested */
   svn_stringbuf_t *filedata; /* contents of file used as option data
                                     (not converted to UTF-8) */
   const char *encoding; /* the locale/encoding of 'message' and of
Index: subversion/svn/propget-cmd.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/svn/propget-cmd.c (revision 1662202)
+++ subversion/svn/propget-cmd.c (working copy)
@@ -322,11 +322,11 @@ svn_cl__propget(apr_getopt_t *os,
   svn_stream_t *out;
   svn_boolean_t warned = FALSE;
 
- if (opt_state->verbose && (opt_state->revprop || opt_state->strict
+ if (opt_state->verbose && (opt_state->revprop || opt_state->no_newline
                              || opt_state->xml))
     return svn_error_create(SVN_ERR_CL_MUTUALLY_EXCLUSIVE_ARGS, NULL,
                             _("--verbose cannot be used with --revprop or "
- "--strict or --xml"));
+ "--no-newline or --xml"));
 
   /* PNAME is first argument (and PNAME_UTF8 will be a UTF-8 version
      thereof) */
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ svn_cl__propget(apr_getopt_t *os,
 
               SVN_ERR(stream_write(out, printable_val->data,
                                    printable_val->len));
- if (! opt_state->strict)
+ if (! opt_state->no_newline)
                 SVN_ERR(stream_write(out, APR_EOL_STR, strlen(APR_EOL_STR)));
             }
         }
@@ -427,16 +427,17 @@ svn_cl__propget(apr_getopt_t *os,
       if (opt_state->depth == svn_depth_unknown)
         opt_state->depth = svn_depth_empty;
 
- /* Strict mode only makes sense for a single target. So make
+ /* No-newline mode only makes sense for a single target. So make
          sure we have only a single target, and that we're not being
          asked to recurse on that target. */
- if (opt_state->strict
+ if (opt_state->no_newline
           && ((targets->nelts > 1) || (opt_state->depth != svn_depth_empty)
               || (opt_state->show_inherited_props)))
         return svn_error_create
           (SVN_ERR_CL_ARG_PARSING_ERROR, NULL,
- _("Strict output of property values only available for single-"
- "target, non-recursive propget operations"));
+ _("Output of property values without a trailing newline"
+ " is only available for single-target, non-recursive"
+ " propget operations"));
 
       for (i = 0; i < targets->nelts; i++)
         {
@@ -472,15 +473,15 @@ svn_cl__propget(apr_getopt_t *os,
           /* Any time there is more than one thing to print, or where
              the path associated with a printed thing is not obvious,
              we'll print filenames. That is, unless we've been told
- not to do so with the --strict option. */
+ not to do so with the --no-newline option. */
           print_filenames = ((opt_state->depth > svn_depth_empty
                               || targets->nelts > 1
                               || apr_hash_count(props) > 1
                               || opt_state->verbose
                               || opt_state->show_inherited_props)
- && (! opt_state->strict));
- omit_newline = opt_state->strict;
- like_proplist = opt_state->verbose && !opt_state->strict;
+ && (! opt_state->no_newline));
+ omit_newline = opt_state->no_newline;
+ like_proplist = opt_state->verbose && !opt_state->no_newline;
 
           /* If there are no properties, and exactly one node was queried,
              then warn. */
Index: subversion/svn/svn.c
===================================================================
--- subversion/svn/svn.c (revision 1662202)
+++ subversion/svn/svn.c (working copy)
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ typedef enum svn_cl__longopt_t {
   opt_remove,
   opt_revprop,
   opt_stop_on_copy,
- opt_strict,
+ opt_strict, /* ### DEPRECATED */
   opt_targets,
   opt_depth,
   opt_set_depth,
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ const apr_getopt_option_t svn_cl__options[] =
                        " "
                        "'empty', 'files', 'immediates', or 'infinity')")},
   {"xml", opt_xml, 0, N_("output in XML")},
- {"strict", opt_strict, 0, N_("use strict semantics")},
+ {"strict", opt_strict, 0, N_("DEPRECATED")},
   {"stop-on-copy", opt_stop_on_copy, 0,
                     N_("do not cross copies while traversing history")},
   {"no-ignore", opt_no_ignore, 0,
@@ -1355,14 +1355,14 @@ const svn_opt_subcommand_desc2_t svn_cl__cmd_table
      "\n"
      " By default, an extra newline is printed after the property value so that\n"
      " the output looks pretty. With a single TARGET, depth 'empty' and without\n"
- " --show-inherited-props, you can use the --strict option to disable this\n"
+ " --show-inherited-props, you can use the --no-newline option to disable this\n"
      " (useful when redirecting a binary property value to a file, for example).\n"
      "\n"
      " See 'svn help propset' for descriptions of the svn:* special properties.\n"),
- {'v', 'R', opt_depth, 'r', opt_revprop, opt_strict, opt_xml,
+ {'v', 'R', opt_depth, 'r', opt_revprop, opt_strict, opt_no_newline, opt_xml,
      opt_changelist, opt_show_inherited_props },
     {{'v', N_("print path, name and value on separate lines")},
- {opt_strict, N_("don't print an extra newline")}} },
+ {opt_strict, N_("(deprecated; use --no-newline)")}} },
 
   { "proplist", svn_cl__proplist, {"plist", "pl"}, N_
     ("List all properties on files, dirs, or revisions.\n"
@@ -2154,9 +2154,6 @@ sub_main(int *exit_code, int argc, const char *arg
       case opt_stop_on_copy:
         opt_state.stop_on_copy = TRUE;
         break;
- case opt_strict:
- opt_state.strict = TRUE;
- break;
       case opt_no_ignore:
         opt_state.no_ignore = TRUE;
         break;
@@ -2398,6 +2395,7 @@ sub_main(int *exit_code, int argc, const char *arg
         opt_state.remove_ignored = TRUE;
         break;
       case opt_no_newline:
+ case opt_strict: /* ### DEPRECATED */
         opt_state.no_newline = TRUE;
         break;
       case opt_show_passwords:
Index: subversion/tests/cmdline/checkout_tests.py
===================================================================
--- subversion/tests/cmdline/checkout_tests.py (revision 1662202)
+++ subversion/tests/cmdline/checkout_tests.py (working copy)
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ def checkout_peg_rev_date(sbox):
   ## Get svn:date.
   exit_code, output, errput = svntest.main.run_svn(None, 'propget', 'svn:date',
                                                    '--revprop', '-r1',
- '--strict',
+ '--no-newline',
                                                    sbox.repo_url)
   if exit_code or errput != [] or len(output) != 1:
     raise svntest.Failure("svn:date propget failed")
Index: subversion/tests/cmdline/prop_tests.py
===================================================================
--- subversion/tests/cmdline/prop_tests.py (revision 1662202)
+++ subversion/tests/cmdline/prop_tests.py (working copy)
@@ -2611,7 +2611,7 @@ def peg_rev_base_working(sbox):
   sbox.simple_commit(message='r2')
   svntest.actions.set_prop('cardinal', 'nine\n', sbox.ospath('iota'))
   svntest.actions.run_and_verify_svn(['ninth\n'], [],
- 'propget', '--strict', 'ordinal',
+ 'propget', '--no-newline', 'ordinal',
                                      sbox.ospath('iota') + '@BASE')
 
 @Issue(4415)
@@ -2644,7 +2644,7 @@ def xml_unsafe_author(sbox):
   # a single property value which skips creating the creator-displayname property
   svntest.actions.run_and_verify_svn(['foo\bbar'], [],
                                      'propget', '--revprop', '-r', '1',
- 'svn:author', '--strict', wc_dir)
+ 'svn:author', '--no-newline', wc_dir)
 
   # Ensure a stable date
   svntest.actions.run_and_verify_svn(None, [],
Index: subversion/tests/cmdline/special_tests.py
===================================================================
--- subversion/tests/cmdline/special_tests.py (revision 1662202)
+++ subversion/tests/cmdline/special_tests.py (working copy)
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ def propvalue_normalized(sbox):
   # Property value should be SVN_PROP_BOOLEAN_TRUE
   expected_propval = ['*']
   svntest.actions.run_and_verify_svn(expected_propval, [],
- 'propget', '--strict', 'svn:special',
+ 'propget', '--no-newline', 'svn:special',
                                      iota2_path)
 
   # Commit and check again.
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ def propvalue_normalized(sbox):
 
   svntest.main.run_svn(None, 'update', wc_dir)
   svntest.actions.run_and_verify_svn(expected_propval, [],
- 'propget', '--strict', 'svn:special',
+ 'propget', '--no-newline', 'svn:special',
                                      iota2_path)
 
 
Index: subversion/tests/cmdline/svnmucc_tests.py
===================================================================
--- subversion/tests/cmdline/svnmucc_tests.py (revision 1662202)
+++ subversion/tests/cmdline/svnmucc_tests.py (working copy)
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def propset_root_internal(sbox, target):
                                          'propset', 'foo', 'bar',
                                          target)
   svntest.actions.run_and_verify_svn('bar', [],
- 'propget', '--strict', 'foo',
+ 'propget', '--no-newline', 'foo',
                                      target)
 
   ## propdel on ^/
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ def propset_root_internal(sbox, target):
                                          target)
   svntest.actions.run_and_verify_svn([],
                                      '.*W200017: Property.*not found',
- 'propget', '--strict', 'foo',
+ 'propget', '--no-newline', 'foo',
                                      target)
 
 @Issues(3663)
Index: subversion/tests/cmdline/trans_tests.py
===================================================================
--- subversion/tests/cmdline/trans_tests.py (revision 1662202)
+++ subversion/tests/cmdline/trans_tests.py (working copy)
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ def cat_keyword_expansion(sbox):
                                      sbox.wc_dir)
   svntest.actions.run_and_verify_svn([ full_author ], [],
                                      'propget', '--revprop', '-r2',
- 'svn:author', '--strict',
+ 'svn:author', '--no-newline',
                                      sbox.wc_dir)
 
   # Make another commit so that the last changed revision for A/mu is
]]]

-- Brane
Received on 2015-02-25 13:11:00 CET

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