Re: [PATCH v2 00/10] Add 'ls-files --debug-json' to dump the index in json

From: Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>
Date: Jun 25, 2019, 17:08 UTC
Message-ID: <27211d51-c77f-84f8-49c0-4bc104baa266@ramsayjones.plus.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1906251601240.44@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

On 25/06/2019 15:10, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> Hi Duy,

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>> Again our experiences differ. Mine is mostly about extensions,
>> probably because I had to work on them more often. For normal entries
>> "ls-files --debug" gives you 99% what's in the index file already.
> 
> Like the device. And the ctime. And the file size. And the uid/gid. Is
> that what you mean?

Hmm, well I think so:

  $ git ls-files --debug git.c git-compat-util.h 
  git-compat-util.h
    ctime: 1561457278:502638001
    mtime: 1561457278:502638001
    dev: 2049	ino: 262663
    uid: 1000	gid: 1000
    size: 35440	flags: 0
  git.c
    ctime: 1561457278:518646000
    mtime: 1561457278:518646000
    dev: 2049	ino: 263083
    uid: 1000	gid: 1000
    size: 26837	flags: 0
  $

I have occasionally added stuff to the '--debug' output while debugging something, but the above is usually sufficient for my uses. (Having said that, I have not had the need to debug extensions [yet!]).

ATB, Ramsay Jones