From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
To: Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document ls-files -t as obsolete.
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:58:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vpqeiii13o3.fsf@bauges.imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <z2hd2d39d861004140747u5980eeach66b58102cd5ede25@mail.gmail.com> (Tor Arntsen's message of "Wed\, 14 Apr 2010 16\:47\:45 +0200")
Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no> writes:
> Sorry for being stupid and a bit off-topic, but..
>
>> -t::
>> + This feature is deprecated. Authors of scripts should use
>> + linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain`, [...]
>
> I've always understood 'porcelain' as for users, and 'plumbing' for
> scripts.. so, if the option is meant for scripting (as opposed to
> --short), why wasn't it called --plumbing? There's obviously something
> I'm not getting here! -:)
There's prior art ("git annotate --porcelain" at least). I disagree
with the rationale, but --porcelain means "to be used by porcelain
scripts", hence "behave like plubing".
--
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-14 15:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-14 13:45 [PATCH] Document ls-files -t as obsolete Matthieu Moy
2010-04-14 14:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-04-14 14:47 ` Daniel Grace
2010-04-14 14:55 ` Matthieu Moy
2010-04-14 14:47 ` Tor Arntsen
2010-04-14 14:58 ` Matthieu Moy [this message]
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