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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,  christian.couder@gmail.com,
	phillip.wood123@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] rev-list: print additional missing object information
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 05:18:57 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq5xlor0la.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250205004147.887106-1-jltobler@gmail.com> (Justin Tobler's message of "Tue, 4 Feb 2025 18:41:45 -0600")

Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> writes:

> One concern I currently have with this quoting approach is that it is a
> bit more challenging to machine parse compared to something like using a
> null byte to delimit between missing info. One option is, in a followup
> series, introduce a git-for-each-ref(1) style format syntax. Maybe
> something like: `--missing=print-info:%(path)%00%(type)`. I'm curious if
> anyone may have thoughts around this.

Would it be so bad if we said that in -z mode with --info option,
each record is terminated with two NUL bytes, and elements on a list
of var=value pairs have a single NUL in between, or something silly
like that?  The point is to get away with just a fixed format,
without any customization.


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-02-05 13:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-01-08  3:40 [PATCH] rev-list: print missing object type with --missing=print-type Justin Tobler
2025-01-08 10:08 ` Christian Couder
2025-01-08 22:28   ` Justin Tobler
2025-01-08 15:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-08 22:18   ` Justin Tobler
2025-01-08 22:43     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-08 23:13       ` Justin Tobler
2025-01-10  5:34 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] rev-list: print additional missing object information Justin Tobler
2025-02-01 20:16   ` [PATCH v3 0/4] " Justin Tobler
2025-02-01 20:16     ` [PATCH v3 1/4] quote: add c quote flag to ignore core.quotePath Justin Tobler
2025-02-03  9:51       ` Christian Couder
2025-02-03 22:14         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-02-03 22:33       ` Junio C Hamano
2025-02-04 16:40         ` Junio C Hamano
2025-02-04 22:50           ` Justin Tobler
2025-02-01 20:16     ` [PATCH v3 2/4] quote: add quote_path() flag to ignore config Justin Tobler
2025-02-02 10:52       ` Phillip Wood
2025-02-04 22:39         ` Justin Tobler
2025-02-11 16:51           ` Phillip Wood
2025-02-03 10:07       ` Christian Couder
2025-02-03 22:52       ` Junio C Hamano
2025-02-01 20:16     ` [PATCH v3 3/4] rev-list: add print-info action to print missing object path Justin Tobler
2025-02-01 20:16     ` [PATCH v3 4/4] rev-list: extend print-info to print missing object type Justin Tobler
2025-02-03 10:45     ` [PATCH v3 0/4] rev-list: print additional missing object information Christian Couder
2025-02-04 22:51       ` Justin Tobler
2025-02-05  0:41     ` [PATCH v4 0/2] " Justin Tobler
2025-02-05  0:41       ` [PATCH v4 1/2] rev-list: add print-info action to print missing object path Justin Tobler
2025-02-05  0:41       ` [PATCH v4 2/2] rev-list: extend print-info to print missing object type Justin Tobler
2025-02-05 10:35       ` [PATCH v4 0/2] rev-list: print additional missing object information Christian Couder
2025-02-05 17:18         ` Justin Tobler
2025-02-05 13:18       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2025-02-05 17:17         ` Justin Tobler
2025-02-05 18:29           ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-10  5:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] rev-list: add --missing-info to print missing object path Justin Tobler
2025-01-10  8:47   ` Christian Couder
2025-01-10 15:22     ` Junio C Hamano
2025-01-10  5:34 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] rev-list: extend --missing-info to print missing object type Justin Tobler

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