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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] rev-parse: teach "git rev-parse --symbolic" to print the full ref name
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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".