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Subject: Re: [PATCH/WIP 0/9] for-each-ref format improvements
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Nguy=E1=BB=85n Th=C3=A1i Ng=E1=BB=8Dc Duy  <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> Originally I wanted to introduce --pretty with git-log's pretty synta=
x
> to for-each-ref, deprecating --format.

If you are going to unify the two mechanisms, I think the "--format"
option of "for-each-ref" needs to become a superset of what the
"--pretty" option of "log/rev-list" can express and shared between
the two.  The former has to handle anything that can be at the tip
of a ref, including commits, so it needs to be able to do anything
the latter can.