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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] rev-parse: teach "git rev-parse --symbolic" to print the full ref name
Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:24:06 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7v640rwst5.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <79CE31EE-0975-48EB-8B3E-FC9D6A8EB3E4@zib.de> (Steffen Prohaska's message of "Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:58:22 +0100")

Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> writes:

> So the idea of --symbolic is really to return the argv as is?
> No change whatsoever allowed. Why would someone need this?
> Is it only for convenience when writing shell code?

rev-parse _is_ for convenience for writing shell scripts, to
sift various parameters into "rev-list arguments" and "non
rev-list arguments".

  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-10-28  8:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-27 16:49 [PATCH 0/8 v2] improve push's refspec handling Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-27 16:50 ` [PATCH 1/8] push: change push to fail if short ref name does not exist Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-27 16:50   ` [PATCH 2/8] push: teach push new flag --create Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-27 16:50     ` [PATCH 3/8] add get_sha1_with_real_ref() returning full name of ref on demand Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-27 16:50       ` [PATCH 4/8] rev-parse: teach "git rev-parse --symbolic" to print the full ref name Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-27 16:50         ` [PATCH 5/8] push, send-pack: support pushing HEAD to real " Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-27 16:50           ` [PATCH 6/8] add ref_cmp_full_short() comparing full ref name with a short name Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-27 16:50             ` [PATCH 7/8] push: use same rules as git-rev-parse to resolve refspecs Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-27 16:50               ` [PATCH 8/8] push: teach push to be quiet if local ref is strict subset of remote ref Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28  7:28                 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-10-28  8:20                   ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28  7:28               ` [PATCH 7/8] push: use same rules as git-rev-parse to resolve refspecs Junio C Hamano
2007-10-27 22:16             ` [PATCH 6/8] add ref_cmp_full_short() comparing full ref name with a short name Daniel Barkalow
2007-10-28  7:28             ` Junio C Hamano
2007-10-27 22:03           ` [PATCH 5/8] push, send-pack: support pushing HEAD to real ref name Daniel Barkalow
2007-10-28  7:28           ` Junio C Hamano
2007-10-28  8:03             ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 15:10             ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 15:40               ` Junio C Hamano
2007-10-28 15:59                 ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 16:03                 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-10-28 16:30                   ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 20:58                     ` Junio C Hamano
2007-10-31 15:08                       ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-27 21:53         ` [PATCH 4/8] rev-parse: teach "git rev-parse --symbolic" to print the full " Daniel Barkalow
2007-10-28 13:49           ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28  7:28         ` Junio C Hamano
2007-10-28  7:58           ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28  8:06             ` Shawn O. Pearce
2007-10-28  8:56               ` Steffen Prohaska
2007-10-28 15:10                 ` Brian Gernhardt
2007-10-28  8:24             ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2007-10-28  7:28       ` [PATCH 3/8] add get_sha1_with_real_ref() returning full name of ref on demand Junio C Hamano
2007-10-27 21:42   ` [PATCH 1/8] push: change push to fail if short ref name does not exist Daniel Barkalow
2007-10-28  7:28   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-10-28  8:43     ` Steffen Prohaska

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