From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, David Turner <dturner@twitter.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] cat-file: add --follow-symlinks to --batch
Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 16:06:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq1tile6pe.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq617xe6x8.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Tue, 12 May 2015 16:02:11 -0700")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com> writes:
>
>> In addition, I would like to have the format for the dangling, loop, and
>> notdir cases match the missing case. In other words, "HEAD:link
>> missing", "HEAD:link dangling", etc. Users already need to parse the
>> missing case, so we might as well make the others match.
>
> Interesting to see our opinions differ here, especially because the
> previous suggestion was coming from "users already need to parse the
> 'symlink' case, so we might as well make the others match" ;-).
>
> Between 'missing' and 'symlink', the latter is richer in information
> and easier to parse, I would have thought.
Forgot to conclude the paragraph with final sentence.
... But I do not deeply care either way.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-12 23:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-11 22:50 [PATCH v5 0/3] cat-file --follow-symlinks dturner
2015-05-11 22:50 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] tree-walk: learn get_tree_entry_follow_symlinks dturner
2015-05-12 17:29 ` Johannes Sixt
2015-05-11 22:50 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] sha1_name: get_sha1_with_context learns to follow symlinks dturner
2015-05-11 22:50 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] cat-file: add --follow-symlinks to --batch dturner
2015-05-12 17:34 ` Johannes Sixt
2015-05-12 18:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-12 18:36 ` David Turner
2015-05-12 18:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-12 18:55 ` David Turner
2015-05-12 20:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-12 20:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-12 22:36 ` David Turner
2015-05-12 23:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-12 23:06 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2015-05-12 20:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-12 21:37 ` David Turner
2015-05-12 21:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-12 21:53 ` David Turner
2015-05-14 20:06 ` Junio C Hamano
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