From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14543202A0 for ; Sun, 29 Oct 2017 12:07:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751209AbdJ2MHe (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Oct 2017 08:07:34 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.21]:60406 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750928AbdJ2MHd (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Oct 2017 08:07:33 -0400 Received: from virtualbox ([37.201.193.73]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx101 [212.227.17.168]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LZmd6-1dRmb10Twi-00lRor; Sun, 29 Oct 2017 13:07:31 +0100 Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 13:07:29 +0100 (CET) From: Johannes Schindelin X-X-Sender: virtualbox@virtualbox To: Stefan Beller cc: git Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] builtin/describe: describe blobs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20171028004419.10139-1-sbeller@google.com> <20171028004506.10253-1-sbeller@google.com> <20171028004506.10253-3-sbeller@google.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.1 (DEB 209 2017-03-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:W4k3LBMT7Q7O+mibcTGmdXs+bbv7Y8KepVKMYgIjBpvZb4/d0Go /KUoTqrnN5n7vdndzNNxXCm/VY4zCntTaD3tXGSm5ZHYJkGf+d7B6cBCH4yamFJOS5nmgUx l5BQBGBPabQXmRJ5ulnSunRODFRaoYcfXCJiFa5dDVhbm/UKgWurJTgZR3FdjG2+oNfeURe bAJ43jhvg327lcDmZUoVA== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:UTq3t+NFdgk=:tdZAgzmgzBPSVhdRD2Liwe /M1XV4RyYhxodYx6GC3DMUaaSGNQchpQHLWtCHQRA4ZLXTMvVKG/EVBPvYHtTK+EyzdpQRjlt mMCfB3SZXBn7xz7VnqOjKxIVo1lwitqF4EUZpz8otkFhw1ouexjL6LFIFcET+mNnk6y8E4GsE jqgnE8JebcMET7yIHA8XVkGWchUQw/ghqMsAOqGu9Cm47aaqR0OzQ5SVJw3aXRjV72GB6PDVx ZU4uYAm5CBQEdo0stfX7DfEK9ISNxteIoy6HiUDyRYZ/K/jy/H2odtkqmqjBW2+aBTSpY4zy0 5Tdqe0bWSIy7iZDzXu7Rz09y3fLl4p2mqV0O77PoZnq6L3YYVIutiEth2I2LmOhHcnsp3CbW5 qput9dYD12EQrqjrURts9ONtZGOWjIzdIw2kXG6R1dWsXR9lRXFVBKM+Szr8+ucKp7dq354ND 5RGXaVhiYCg01rxK7NsVcINmjQPsCtPosML8ftwWHjCB76YEFiiMcg5X0yU5O2b8fjyf26PV7 pPLQAKTJEnxrFNC4ppfJKNWfVsuwhL5tIlOdjzev5PK5vKzSJaJvTDoT+Amqr4pZz6aSrKwod +FnIv3M/KSLd0iNpeXDFMdygrCIrXmLGjr+O4GuGg1FU5OA3TcYdOaZo8T9iYtJ4ffxh/PyfU dlcB9pbA9meZ9++Ke18wlKwEiQ7v7koz4NA83VeTQqt69O2Bqoh6yZSiczG9V03Ik7XnUeqcL V1XYWahDW9A4BTooYw5wViKZAVJ3SiFQTn9v9aMrrkMC4f+svIi7vWu/HbIEXFSpeEXas6Zu9 euZwp8gyzUfgwGHsTBkVWDplFIPpATtR5fTs6zJ6H+9Suzo9xznyevkckOmDa07Yxgp4PLA Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Stefan, On Sat, 28 Oct 2017, Stefan Beller wrote: > On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Johannes Schindelin > wrote: > > > I wonder whether it would make sense to extend this to tree objects > > while we are at it, but maybe that's an easy up-for-grabs. > > I can look into incorporating that, too. What is the use case though? > (Is there any error message, common enough that users want to identify > trees?) I remember that I wanted to know in the past where that tree object came from that is now missing (back in the days when worktrees gc'ed away detached worktree HEADs and their reflogs), but on second thought, I guess `git describe` would go belly up in that case (die()ing due to the very same missing tree object)... Ciao, Dscho