apache / apache/accumulo-fluo

Discuss get jars behavior

Open
#908 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
Dominant language
Java
Stars
200
Forks
73
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

For get jars command add in #907 the command expects the target directory to exist but does not care if the directory is non-empty. I found myself wondering if the behavior should change or if the docs should be improved to clearly state the behavior for a non-empty dir while looking at the PR. I was not sure. Below are some thoughts I had.

* Should the get jars command create the dir?
* If the directory is not empty should the get jars command fail? Their are two use cases to consider.
* A user intentionally adds jars to a dir before calling get jars and does not expect it to empty.
* A user unintentionally reuses a dir and expects the dir to be empty when its not and ends ups extra/unexpected jars in the dir.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reviewing the get jars command and the behavior discussed in #907. Decide whether it should create the target directory, reject non-empty directories, preserve existing contents, or document the current behavior; done means the chosen behavior is agreed and clearly specified.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.