Re: [PATCH] grep: --full-tree

[Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> That is exactly how we work and what people have been working hard for
> 1.7.0.  Check the planned changes listed in the recent (and not so recent)
> "What's cooking" summary reports.
>
> Changing "grep" is too late for 1.7.0, but we are trying to find an easy
> migration path like you mentioned in your message and that is exactly what
> this thread is about.

How about this. For now, make --full-tree available, and that's it.
Then, on 1.8.0, add the configuration option, and if there's consensus
make it default (-1 from me).

However, in order to ease the transition I think Jeff's GIT_PLUMBING
(I would call it GIT_SCRIPTING) should be introduced on 1.7.0 so
people can start exporting it in their scripts. That way people don't
have to worry about adding --(no-)full-tree on their scripts (nor any
other argument that depends on configurations) and when 1.8.0 comes,
there's no script breakage.

-- 
Felipe Contreras