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Subject: Re: rev-parse vs. rev-list --no-walk
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On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrot=
e:
> I think one sane thing to do is to stop adding new rev-flags revision=
=2Ec
> supports to rev-parse (it already lags behind and nobody complained t=
hat
> rev-parse doesn't understand --first-parent as a rev-flag), and keep =
its
> use as "revision and non revision option sifter" only to support olde=
r
> scripts written back in v1.0.0 days. =C2=A0Its primary use these days=
 is "turn
> symbolic object names into 40-letter SHA-1", but "option sifter" aspe=
ct of
> the command seems to have outlived its usefulness.

We tell scripters to be careful to use the plumbing and not the
porcelain. From that standpoint, shouldn't we do our best to prevent
the plumbing from falling into disrepair?

(Or perhaps I'm reading too much into what you say.)

j.