Re: [PATCH] scripts/tags: merge "TAGS" and "tags" in case

[Zackary Liu]

On Nov 26 2021, at 11:58 pm, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 03, 2021 at 11:35:29PM +0800, Zhaoyu Liu wrote:
>> merge "TAGS" and "tags" for the code more concise
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Zhaoyu Liu <zackary.liu.pro@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  scripts/tags.sh | 14 +++++---------
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
>> index 16d475b3e203..a9181dd0fee2 100755
>> --- a/scripts/tags.sh
>> +++ b/scripts/tags.sh
>> @@ -315,15 +315,11 @@ case "$1" in
>>  		dogtags
>>  		;;
>>  
>> -	"tags")
>> -		rm -f tags
>> -		xtags ctags
>> -		remove_structs=y
>> -		;;
>> -
>> -	"TAGS")
>> -		rm -f TAGS
>> -		xtags etags
>> +	"TAGS" | "tags")
>> +		rm -f $1
>> +		xtags $([ $1 = "tags" ]	\
>> +			&& echo ctags		\
>> +			|| echo etags)
>>  		remove_structs=y
>>  		;;
> 
> Ick, that's much harder to read and understand.
> 
> What is wrong with the existing code?  It's obvious and makes sense, it
> is not duplicating any lines here except the one "remove_structs=y"
> which is fine.
> 
> I'm not going to take this, sorry.
> 
> greg k-h
> 

Ok you're right, Easy to understand is better.
Thank you.

zackary