On 2019-10-08 at 11:51:45, Derrick Stolee wrote: > On 10/5/2019 5:11 PM, brian m. carlson wrote: > > Add an option to print the object format used for input, output, or > > storage. This allows shell scripts to discover the hash algorithm in > > use. > > Why put this in 'rev-parse'? Is a test helper not an option for this? We do have a test helper for this, which is the first patch in the series. This rev-parse option is designed to be useful to scripters more than anything else, and it will make an appearance in a later series. I sent it here since it's vaguely useful for tests and I also wanted to make sure it was available sooner rather than later so folks can start using it. -- brian m. carlson: Houston, Texas, US OpenPGP: https://keybase.io/bk2204