Re: [PATCH v2] rev-list: teach --oid-only to enable piping

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > But I wonder if things would be simpler if we did not touch the commit
> > code path at all. I.e., if this were simply "--no-object-names", and it
> > touched only show_object().
> 
> Yeah, that sounds more tempting.  And the refined code structure you
> suggested ...
> 
> >> @@ -255,6 +262,10 @@ static void show_object(struct object *obj, const char *name, void *cb_data)
> >>  	display_progress(progress, ++progress_counter);
> >>  	if (info->flags & REV_LIST_QUIET)
> >>  		return;
> >> +	if (arg_oid_only) {
> >> +		printf("%s\n", oid_to_hex(&obj->oid));
> >> +		return;
> >> +	}
> >>  	show_object_with_name(stdout, obj, name);
> >>  }
> >>  
> >
> > A minor style point, but I think this might be easier to follow without
> > the early return, since we are really choosing to do A or B. Writing:
> >
> >   if (arg_oid_only)
> > 	printf(...);
> >   else
> > 	show_object_with_name(...);
> >
> > shows that more clearly, I think.
> 
> ... is a good way to clearly show that intention, I would think.