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Re: [PATCH 2/6] show: obey --textconv for blobs

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 22, 2013, 15:29 UTC
Message-ID
<20130422152905.GA11886@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<7vwqrupoy2.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 08:25:41AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> True.  Applying textconv to otherwise unreadable blobs is often
> useful, but I agree that it is unexpected if it is done by default,
> especially given that many people have learned to do:
> 
> 	git show HEAD~4:binary-gob >old-binary-gob
> 
> to recover old version of binary contents to a temporary file when
> checking the sanity of or restoring the breakage in the new one.
> 
> It of course does _not_ forbid
> 
> 	git show --textconv HEAD~4:binary-gob | less
> 
> but I doubt it is a good idea to turn it on by default this late in
> the game.

Exactly. I certainly do not mind it as an option, and I am on the fence regarding it as a default (I think it might have been a sane thing to do from the start, but at this point the change-of-behavior makes me hesitate). So I am perfectly willing to go either way, depending on what others think.

I'm going to be out of email contact the rest of the week, so I'll let you two talk it out. :)

-Peff
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Message 11 of 77 in “grep with textconv”
  1. 0/6 grep with textconvMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  2. 1/6 t4030: demonstrate behavior of show with textconvMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  3. Jeff KingApr 20, 2013
  4. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2013
  5. 2/6 show: obey --textconv for blobsMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  6. Jeff KingApr 20, 2013
  7. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2013
  8. Jeff KingApr 21, 2013
  9. Michael J GruberApr 22, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2013
  11. Jeff KingApr 22, 2013
  12. Jeremy RosenApr 22, 2013
  13. Matthieu MoyApr 22, 2013
  14. Michael J GruberApr 23, 2013
  15. 3/6 cat-file: do not die on --textconv without textconv filtersMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2013
  17. Jeff KingApr 20, 2013
  18. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2013
  19. 4/6 t7008: demonstrate behavior of grep with textconvMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  20. 5/6 grep: allow to use textconv filtersMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  21. Jeff KingApr 20, 2013
  22. 6/6 grep: obey --textconv for the case rev:pathMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  23. Jeff KingApr 20, 2013
  24. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2013
  25. Jeff KingApr 21, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2013
  27. Jeff KingApr 20, 2013
  28. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2013
  29. 0/7 grep with textconvMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  30. 1/7 t4030: demonstrate behavior of show with textconvMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  32. 2/7 show: obey --textconv for blobsMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  33. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  34. Michael J GruberApr 24, 2013
  35. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2013
  36. 3/7 cat-file: do not die on --textconv without textconv filtersMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  37. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  38. 4/7 t7008: demonstrate behavior of grep with textconvMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  39. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  40. Michael J GruberApr 24, 2013
  41. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2013
  42. 5/7 grep: allow to use textconv filtersMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  43. 6/7 grep: honor --textconv for the case rev:pathMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  44. 7/7 git grep: honor textconv by defaultMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  45. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  46. Michael J GruberApr 24, 2013
  47. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2013
  48. Matthieu MoyApr 24, 2013
  49. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2013
  50. Michael J GruberApr 26, 2013
  51. Matthieu MoyApr 26, 2013
  52. Michael J GruberApr 29, 2013
  53. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2013
  54. 1/7 t4030: demonstrate behavior of show with textconvMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  55. 2/7 diff_opt: track whether flags have been set explicitlyMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  56. Eric SunshineMay 10, 2013
  57. 3/7 show: honor --textconv for blobsMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  58. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2013
  59. Jeff KingMay 10, 2013
  60. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2013
  61. Jeff KingMay 11, 2013
  62. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2013
  63. Michael J GruberMay 11, 2013
  64. Michael J GruberMay 11, 2013
  65. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2013
  66. Jeff KingMay 13, 2013
  67. Michael J GruberMay 13, 2013
  68. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2013
  69. Jeff KingMay 16, 2013
  70. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2013
  71. Michael J GruberMay 12, 2013
  72. 4/7 cat-file: do not die on --textconv without textconv filtersMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  73. 5/7 t7008: demonstrate behavior of grep with textconvMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  74. 6/7 grep: allow to use textconv filtersMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  75. 7/7 grep: honor --textconv for the case rev:pathMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  76. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2013
  77. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2013

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