Re: [PATCH 0/4] ls-remote: introduce symref argument

> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 12:03:58PM +0100, Thomas Gummerer wrote:
>
> > > I thought it might be nice for any porcelain which tries to wrap
> > > `ls-remote`, make some decision based on the capabilities, and then
> > > invoke another plumbing command. But I guess that is probably slightly
> > > crazy, and nobody is doing it.
> > >
> > > Something like `ls-remote --symrefs` probably would be a better place to
> > > start.
> >
> > Turns out adding this is pretty simple.
> >
> > The first two patches are documentation, which I noticed when reading
> > up about the command.  Patch three is a cleanup patch, which makes
> > ls-remote use the parse-options api instead of the hand-rolled option
> > parser.  Patch four is actually adding the option.
> >
> > Thomas Gummerer (4):
> >   ls-remote: document --quiet option
> >   ls-remote: fix synopsis
> >   ls-remote: use parse-options api
> >   ls-remote: add support for showing symrefs
> >
> >  Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt | 12 +++++-
> >  builtin/ls-remote.c             | 90 +++++++++++++++++------------------------
> >  t/t5512-ls-remote.sh            | 20 +++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
>
> Thanks for working on this. One of my favorite things about open source
> is when I realize I'm too lazy/busy to work on something, and then it
> magically appears in my inbox. :)