From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Cc: "ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Derrick Stolee" <derrickstolee@github.com>,
"Victoria Dye" <vdye@github.com>,
"Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy" <pclouds@gmail.com>,
"ZheNing Hu" <adlternative@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format option
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 08:34:47 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqcz79xizc.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BGLmhoHAcuLoz_yQ4TmNBvDU6Ehymy_3rh0wguSw0hjGw@mail.gmail.com> (Elijah Newren's message of "Thu, 19 Jan 2023 21:30:19 -0800")
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 9:34 AM ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget
> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com>
>>
>> Because sometimes we want to check if the files in the
>> index match the sparse specification, so introduce
>> "%(skipworktree)" atom to git ls-files `--format` option.
>> When we use this option, if the file match the sparse
>> specification, it will output "1", otherwise, output
>> empty string "".
>
> Why is that output format useful? It seems like it'll just lead to
> bugs, or someone re-implementing the same field with a different name
> to make it useful in the future. In particular, if there are multiple
> boolean fields and someone specifies e.g.
> git ls-files --format="%(path) %(skipworktree) %(intentToAdd)"
> and both boolean fields are displayed the same way (either a "1" or a
> blank string), and we see something like:
> foo.c 1
> bar.c 1
> Then how do we know if foo.c and bar.c are SKIP_WORKTREE or
> INTENT_TO_ADD? The "1" could have come from either field.
Perhaps it becomes useful in conjunction with %(if) and friends,
when they become avaiable?
Until then, I agree that the output format looks pretty klunky.
The calling scripts still can do
--format='%(path) A=%(A) B=%(B) C=%(C)'
and take an empty value as false, though.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-20 16:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-11 15:42 [PATCH] ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format option ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget
2023-01-12 10:00 ` Elijah Newren
2023-01-12 19:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-01-13 4:43 ` Elijah Newren
2023-01-13 17:07 ` ZheNing Hu
2023-01-13 16:50 ` ZheNing Hu
2023-01-14 3:00 ` Elijah Newren
2023-01-12 10:07 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2023-01-13 16:59 ` ZheNing Hu
2023-01-19 17:34 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget
2023-01-19 17:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] docs: fix sparse-checkout docs link ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget
2023-01-20 5:12 ` Elijah Newren
2023-01-20 9:35 ` Martin Ågren
2023-01-23 15:16 ` ZheNing Hu
2023-01-23 15:15 ` ZheNing Hu
2023-01-19 17:34 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format option ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget
2023-01-20 5:30 ` Elijah Newren
2023-01-20 16:34 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2023-01-23 15:35 ` ZheNing Hu
2023-01-23 22:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-01-23 15:33 ` ZheNing Hu
2023-02-04 16:16 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] " ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget
2023-02-04 16:16 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] docs: fix sparse-checkout docs link ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget
2023-02-04 16:16 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format option ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget
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