From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sverre Rabbelier Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] push: describe --porcelain just like commit and status Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:25:00 +0100 Message-ID: References: <3b6a87b585eea1722bd31bc9cf5ba2c80e37aefa.1297695910.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net> <7vmxlys89t.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: Michael J Gruber , git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Feb 14 23:25:51 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Pp6ra-0005bS-Oy for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:25:47 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751882Ab1BNWZl (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:25:41 -0500 Received: from mail-gw0-f46.google.com ([74.125.83.46]:59445 "EHLO mail-gw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751197Ab1BNWZl (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:25:41 -0500 Received: by gwj20 with SMTP id 20so2284354gwj.19 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:25:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=mL9PMWy27VuyJDlMg8RGrlffdyNpPIbc967PIhg6Hms=; b=mLxj4zN+RBealDRCakEF7GgmqXTX8btmBdEJHaCBAFSr892N6qRH4SwDeFO80ilUFn T19dxds7UVPTMXheVlkNXDXMFwYCzQvLvCrVHj+hBzj80xvD+alnQzCeZfVGOOiuU1QP Va7AjANLTfGiVJAekKDla3px0pO2o+dke9uw4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=Gcbiw3VoESCMMFZ9GFw6ZHWPA+vfg836TA6H+0LUotncoO50oDh/03jzjdojxUDhxd Wyk1mAyh211FuJg1erFdWTQ47zV8HQ5FsaOCmXwQDYsqEDZ8aqT3ZjKlvojcw+Q6Pzu7 wZIZBUaoSuV5gPoSOANeBrl/QUKXfXIna+5Wc= Received: by 10.151.44.19 with SMTP id w19mr5156874ybj.165.1297722340365; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:25:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.151.158.10 with HTTP; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:25:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7vmxlys89t.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Heya, On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 20:53, Junio C Hamano wrote: > The option was meant to mean "output format for Porcelain script writers > to stay machine readable" but it can be misunderstood as "output format > a Porcelain command would produce with chromes and glitters". I've always thought this to be a rather awkward option name. If it had been named '--plumbing' there'd be no room for such misunderstanding, it outputs it a format suitable for use by, and as plumbing. Perhaps something to remember for the future, or would we want to stay consistent with the current --porcelain? -- Cheers, Sverre Rabbelier