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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ls-files.c: add --only-object-name option
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ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com> writes:

>> But in any case shouldn't this be called --name-only to go with "git
>> ls-tree"'s version of this? Or is there some subtle difference I'm
>> missing...?
>
> Eh, git ls-tree --name-only will only show file paths, so maybe
> --only-object-name will be better than --object-name-only in git
> ls-files.

Yeah, it is not "--name-only" which is about paths, but
"--object-name-only" would be more correct but it is a tad long.

I think ls-tree learned "--object-only" for that fairly recently.
When in doubt, always check the documentation of a similar command
for inspiration.

Thanks.