On 20/02/2019 16:14, Igal Sapir wrote: > Michael, > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 11:53 AM Michael Osipov <micha...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Am 2019-02-18 um 15:19 schrieb Igal Sapir: >>> <snip/> >>> >>> I actually prefer "tc8.5" and "tc7.0" for the branches (over "8.5.x" and >>> "7.0.x"). If tags will only use the numeric versions then this will make >>> it easy to differentiate between branches and tags. >> >> tc8.5 could also misread as 8.5 release. 8.5.x implies that this is in >> development. This a common scheme in many many repos. >> Where is the benefit keeping the prefix? Git autocompletion will stop at >> "8.5." and you choose either 'x' or a patch release. >> > > If I want to switch branches, which is more often than switching to a tag > in my case, I would simply start with 't' without having to go through the > tags. > > Having to go through the tag options when I actually want to switch to a > branch is inefficient. > > Don't get me wrong, I don't care much which ones have a 'tc' prefix > (branches) and which do not (tags), I just like that there is a difference > between branches and tags.
This got me thinking about how many key pressed would actually be required for branches Case A: Branches: 7.0.x, 8.5.x, master Tags: 7.0.11, 8.5.20, 9.0.12 etc. git checkout [7|8|m]<tab> master then auto-completes 7.0.x and 8.5.x get to "7.0." and "8.5." respectively and need a further "x" to complete. So that makes (ignoring the "git checkout ") 2 key presses for master and 3 for 7.0.x or 8.5.x Case B: Branches: tc7.0.x, tc8.5.x, master Tags: 7.0.11, 8.5.20, 9.0.12 etc. git checkout [t|m]<tab> master then auto-completes 7.0.x and 8.5.x both get to "tc" and need a further "7" or "8" and <tab> to complete. So that makes (ignoring the "git checkout ") 2 key presses for master and 4 for 7.0.x or 8.5.x Of course there are complications to this: - I suspect most developers will be using worktrees - keypresses are probably less important than how the GUIs of our preferred tools handles this I think this comes down to whether it is worth using a prefix (tc) to (more clearly) differentiate release branches and tags in those places where the two appear together. To put it another way: Is "9.0.5 vs tc9.0.x" clearer than "9.0.5 vs 9.0.x"? And if it is, do we want that additional clarity? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
