[PATCH v6 0/2] repo: add --keys and rename "keyvalue" to "lines"
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Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
- Date
- Feb 14, 2026, 00:35 UTC
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Hi!
This v6 addresses these issues raised by Patrick:
- It renames `FORMAT_LINES` to `FORMAT_NEWLINE_TERMINATED` - Change the commit messsage of the first patch (I'm using Patrick's suggestion) - It capitalizes the new paragraphs
There was a discussion about the name of the new format ("lines" vs "newline") [1]. Personally I prefer "lines" instead of "newline" because I understand the --format flag expects a format name (e.g. `table`, `lines`) instead of the delimiter, being `nul` only a short form of "nul-terminated". But, of course, I'm open to other opinions about it :-).
Thanks
[1] aXhiHAFNFxgsXa0S@pks.im
Lucas Seiki Oshiro (2): repo: rename the output format "keyvalue" to "lines" repo: add new flag --keys to git-repo-info
Documentation/git-repo.adoc | 32 +++++++++++++++-------- builtin/repo.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- t/t1900-repo.sh | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------- t/t1901-repo-structure.sh | 4 +-- 4 files changed, 97 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
Range-diff against v5:
1: f5448ce915 ! 1: 6f5b4a577e repo: rename "keyvalue" to "lines"
@@ Metadata
Author: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
## Commit message ##
- repo: rename "keyvalue" to "lines"
+ repo: rename the output format "keyvalue" to "lines"
- The output format name "keyvalue" isn't so descriptive. Rename it to
- "lines", since it describes better the syntax of the output format and
- it isn't tied to key-value pairs.
+ Both subcommands in git-repo(1) accept the "keyvalue" format. This
+ format is newline-delimited, where the key is separated from the
+ value with an equals sign.
+ The name of this option is suboptimal though, as it is both too
+ limiting while at the same time not really indicating what it
+ actually does:
+
+ - There is no mention of the format being newline-delimited, which
+ is the key differentiator to the "nul" format.
+
+ - Both "nul" and "keyvalue" have a key and a value, so the latter
+ is not exactly giving any hint what makes it so special.
+
+ - "keyvalue" requires there to be, well, a key and a value, but we
+ want to add additional output that is only going to be newline
+ delimited.
+
+ Taken together, "keyvalue" is kind of a bad name for this output
+ format.
+
+ Luckily, the git-repo(1) command is still rather new and marked as
+ experimental, so things aren't cast into stone yet. Rename the
+ format to "lines" instead to better indicate that the major
+ difference is that we'll get newline-delimited output. This new name
+ will also be a better fit for a subsequent extension in git-repo(1).
+
+ Helped-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
## Documentation/git-repo.adoc ##
@@ builtin/repo.c: typedef int get_value_fn(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf
enum output_format {
FORMAT_TABLE,
- FORMAT_KEYVALUE,
-+ FORMAT_LINES,
++ FORMAT_NEWLINE_TERMINATED,
FORMAT_NUL_TERMINATED,
};
@@ builtin/repo.c: static void print_field(enum output_format format, const char *k
{
switch (format) {
- case FORMAT_KEYVALUE:
-+ case FORMAT_LINES:
++ case FORMAT_NEWLINE_TERMINATED:
printf("%s=", key);
quote_c_style(value, NULL, stdout, 0);
putchar('\n');
@@ builtin/repo.c: static int parse_format_cb(const struct option *opt,
- else if (!strcmp(arg, "keyvalue"))
- *format = FORMAT_KEYVALUE;
+ else if (!strcmp(arg, "lines"))
-+ *format = FORMAT_LINES;
++ *format = FORMAT_NEWLINE_TERMINATED;
else if (!strcmp(arg, "table"))
*format = FORMAT_TABLE;
else
@@ builtin/repo.c: static int parse_format_cb(const struct option *opt,
struct repository *repo)
{
- enum output_format format = FORMAT_KEYVALUE;
-+ enum output_format format = FORMAT_LINES;
++ enum output_format format = FORMAT_NEWLINE_TERMINATED;
int all_keys = 0;
struct option options[] = {
OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "format", &format, N_("format"),
@@ builtin/repo.c: static int cmd_repo_info(int argc, const char **argv, const char
argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, repo_usage, 0);
- if (format != FORMAT_KEYVALUE && format != FORMAT_NUL_TERMINATED)
+
-+ if (format != FORMAT_LINES && format != FORMAT_NUL_TERMINATED)
++ if (format != FORMAT_NEWLINE_TERMINATED && format != FORMAT_NUL_TERMINATED)
die(_("unsupported output format"));
if (all_keys && argc)
@@ builtin/repo.c: static int cmd_repo_structure(int argc, const char **argv, const
stats_table_print_structure(&table);
break;
- case FORMAT_KEYVALUE:
-+ case FORMAT_LINES:
++ case FORMAT_NEWLINE_TERMINATED:
structure_keyvalue_print(&stats, '=', '\n');
break;
case FORMAT_NUL_TERMINATED:
2: 16bc72afe1 ! 2: 53503e1433 repo: add new flag --keys to git-repo-info
@@ Documentation/git-repo.adoc: supported:
+ through the flag `--format`. The following formats are supported:
++
+`lines`:::
-+ output the keys one per line. This is the default.
++ Output the keys one per line. This is the default.
+
+`nul`:::
-+ similar to `lines`, but using a _NUL_ character after each value.
++ Similar to `lines`, but using a _NUL_ character after each value.
+
`structure [--format=(table|lines|nul) | -z]`::
Retrieve statistics about the current repository structure. The
@@ builtin/repo.c: static int print_all_fields(struct repository *repo,
+ char sep;
+
+ switch (format) {
-+ case FORMAT_LINES:
++ case FORMAT_NEWLINE_TERMINATED:
+ sep = '\n';
+ break;
+ case FORMAT_NUL_TERMINATED:
@@ builtin/repo.c: static int print_all_fields(struct repository *repo,
{
@@ builtin/repo.c: static int cmd_repo_info(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
{
- enum output_format format = FORMAT_LINES;
+ enum output_format format = FORMAT_NEWLINE_TERMINATED;
int all_keys = 0;
+ int show_keys = 0;
struct option options[] = {
@@ builtin/repo.c: static int cmd_repo_info(int argc, const char **argv, const char
+ if (show_keys)
+ return print_keys(format);
+
- if (format != FORMAT_LINES && format != FORMAT_NUL_TERMINATED)
+ if (format != FORMAT_NEWLINE_TERMINATED && format != FORMAT_NUL_TERMINATED)
die(_("unsupported output format"));
-- 2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)