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Re: [PATCH v8 2/4] cat-file: teach cat-file a '--literally' option

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Charles Bailey <charles@hashpling.org>
Date
Apr 21, 2015, 10:16 UTC
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<20150421101641.GA13202@hashpling.org>
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On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 09:22:47PM +0530, karthik nayak wrote:
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> On 04/20/2015 02:49 PM, Charles Bailey wrote:
> >As far as I could tell - and please correct me if I've misunderstood,
> >cat-file's literally is about dealing with unrecognized types whereas
> >hash-object's --literally is about both creating objects with bad types
> >and invalid objects of "recognized" types. This latter scenario is where
> >the option name "literally" makes the most sense.
> Yes. What you're saying is correct, but it also makes sense as we're asking
> "cat-file" to give us information about the object irrespective of the type of the
> object, hence asking it to literally print the information. Also it stays as a compliment
> to "hash-object --literally", which is already existing.
OK, I think you've hit the main point which I was trying to make.

To me, "literally" means "without transformation" or "exactly as written/recorded/transmitted" (which -t/-s do anyway) and doesn't really encompass the "irrespective of type" meaning that it has been given here.

In any case, I've made my point so I won't labour it any further. I think that --no-validation or --allow-any-type might be more accurate but if everyone else is happy enough with --literally then I'm happy to live with that too.

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  1. 0/4 cat-file: teach cat-file a '--literally' optionkarthik nayak, Apr 15, 2015
  2. 1/4 sha1_file.c: support reading from a loose object of unknown typeKarthik Nayak, Apr 15, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2015
  4. Jeff KingApr 15, 2015
  5. Jeff KingApr 17, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2015
  7. Jeff KingApr 17, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2015
  9. karthik nayakApr 20, 2015
  10. Jeff KingApr 20, 2015
  11. karthik nayakApr 21, 2015
  12. Jeff KingApr 21, 2015
  13. karthik nayakApr 17, 2015
  14. Jeff KingApr 17, 2015
  15. karthik nayakApr 18, 2015
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2015
  17. karthik nayakApr 18, 2015
  18. Eric SunshineApr 17, 2015
  19. karthik nayakApr 18, 2015
  20. 2/4 cat-file: teach cat-file a '--literally' optionKarthik Nayak, Apr 15, 2015
  21. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2015
  22. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2015
  23. karthik nayakApr 16, 2015
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2015
  25. Karthik NayakApr 17, 2015
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2015
  27. Charles BaileyApr 19, 2015
  28. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2015
  29. Charles BaileyApr 20, 2015
  30. Karthik NayakApr 20, 2015
  31. Charles BaileyApr 20, 2015
  32. karthik nayakApr 20, 2015
  33. Charles BaileyApr 21, 2015
  34. Eric SunshineApr 21, 2015
  35. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2015
  36. karthik nayakApr 25, 2015
  37. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2015
  38. karthik nayakApr 27, 2015
  39. Eric SunshineApr 27, 2015
  40. karthik nayakApr 28, 2015
  41. 3/4 cat-file: add documentation for '--literally' option.Karthik Nayak, Apr 15, 2015
  42. 4/4 t1006: add tests for git cat-file --literallyKarthik Nayak, Apr 15, 2015
  43. Eric SunshineApr 18, 2015
  44. karthik nayakApr 18, 2015

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