From: Eric Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:30:39 GMT
Subject: Re: More git status --porcelain lossage
Message-ID: <20100410193039.GA28768@thyrsus.com>
In-Reply-To: <l2k5f14cf5e1004101148h5cf8dc4bm1836cf1c5fc8abfb@mail.gmail.com>

Simon <turner25@gmail.com>:
> Why not use an XML output?
> Plain text is easier to parse, but XML may give this extra durability
> you are looking for?

Because XML is awfully heavyewight, and XML parsers tend to be slow.

If we were going to buld on a metaprotocol, JSON would be better.  IMHO.  
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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>