Re: [PATCH 0/4] repo: add support for path-related fields

From: Tian Yuchen <a3205153416@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 2, 2026, 18:51 UTC
Message-ID: <3983da40-bf2c-4665-a7d9-dfebaacb8bd3@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqbjh64262.fsf@gitster.g>

On 3/3/26 00:38, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
> 
>> With `git rev-parse`, you can change `--path-format` on the command line
>> between options, so if you want both, you just request one thing, use
>> `--path-format`, and then request the other.  However, that can't be
>> done with `git repo` and `--path-format`.
> 
> Hmph, that is one advantage of that incremental option handling done
> by "rev-parse", which often is a source of confusion and complaints,
> though ;-)

Short question: Is using format modifier like (%path:relative), (%path:absolute) a good solution here? I think it can be implemented by simply adding a path parsing function in ref-filter.c (and some other work that aren't particularly challenging).

It should be user-friendly, readable and free of global flags, right? :-]

Regards,

Yuchen