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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] cat-file: add --follow-symlinks to --batch
Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 16:06:53 -0700
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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.