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Re: [PATCH 2/6] show: obey --textconv for blobs

From
Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Apr 20, 2013, 13:38 UTC
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Jeff King venit, vidit, dixit 20.04.2013 06:06:
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> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 06:44:45PM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
> 
>> Currently, "diff" and "cat-file" for blobs obey "--textconv" options
>> (with the former defaulting to "--textconv" and the latter to
>> "--no-textconv") whereas "show" does not obey this option, even though
>> it takes diff options.
>>
>> Make "show" on blobs behave like "diff", i.e. obey "--textconv" by
>> default and "--no-textconv" when given.
> 
> Wait, this does the opposite of the last patch. If we do want to do
> this, shouldn't the last one have been an "expect_failure"?

The last patch just documents the status quo, which is not a bug per se. Therefore, no failure, but change in the definition of "success".

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> I'm not convinced this is the right thing to do, though. It would break:
> 
>   git show HEAD:file.c >file.c
> 
> Admittedly, such people should be using "checkout" or "cat-file", so I
> do not mind too much breaking them if there is a good reason. But I am
> not sure what that reason is.
My reasoning is twofold:
- consistency between "git show commit" and "git show blob"
- "git show" is a user facing command, and as such should produce output
consumable by humans; whereas "git cat-file" is plumbing and should
produce raw data unless told otherwise (-p, --textconv).
(Sorry for the repeat.)
Michael
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Message 7 of 77 in “grep with textconv”
  1. 0/6 grep with textconvMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  2. 1/6 t4030: demonstrate behavior of show with textconvMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  3. Jeff KingApr 20, 2013
  4. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2013
  5. 2/6 show: obey --textconv for blobsMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  6. Jeff KingApr 20, 2013
  7. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2013
  8. Jeff KingApr 21, 2013
  9. Michael J GruberApr 22, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2013
  11. Jeff KingApr 22, 2013
  12. Jeremy RosenApr 22, 2013
  13. Matthieu MoyApr 22, 2013
  14. Michael J GruberApr 23, 2013
  15. 3/6 cat-file: do not die on --textconv without textconv filtersMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2013
  17. Jeff KingApr 20, 2013
  18. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2013
  19. 4/6 t7008: demonstrate behavior of grep with textconvMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  20. 5/6 grep: allow to use textconv filtersMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  21. Jeff KingApr 20, 2013
  22. 6/6 grep: obey --textconv for the case rev:pathMichael J Gruber, Apr 19, 2013
  23. Jeff KingApr 20, 2013
  24. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2013
  25. Jeff KingApr 21, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2013
  27. Jeff KingApr 20, 2013
  28. Michael J GruberApr 20, 2013
  29. 0/7 grep with textconvMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  30. 1/7 t4030: demonstrate behavior of show with textconvMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  31. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  32. 2/7 show: obey --textconv for blobsMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  33. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  34. Michael J GruberApr 24, 2013
  35. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2013
  36. 3/7 cat-file: do not die on --textconv without textconv filtersMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  37. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  38. 4/7 t7008: demonstrate behavior of grep with textconvMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  39. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  40. Michael J GruberApr 24, 2013
  41. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2013
  42. 5/7 grep: allow to use textconv filtersMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  43. 6/7 grep: honor --textconv for the case rev:pathMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  44. 7/7 git grep: honor textconv by defaultMichael J Gruber, Apr 23, 2013
  45. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2013
  46. Michael J GruberApr 24, 2013
  47. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2013
  48. Matthieu MoyApr 24, 2013
  49. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2013
  50. Michael J GruberApr 26, 2013
  51. Matthieu MoyApr 26, 2013
  52. Michael J GruberApr 29, 2013
  53. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2013
  54. 1/7 t4030: demonstrate behavior of show with textconvMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  55. 2/7 diff_opt: track whether flags have been set explicitlyMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  56. Eric SunshineMay 10, 2013
  57. 3/7 show: honor --textconv for blobsMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  58. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2013
  59. Jeff KingMay 10, 2013
  60. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2013
  61. Jeff KingMay 11, 2013
  62. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2013
  63. Michael J GruberMay 11, 2013
  64. Michael J GruberMay 11, 2013
  65. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2013
  66. Jeff KingMay 13, 2013
  67. Michael J GruberMay 13, 2013
  68. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2013
  69. Jeff KingMay 16, 2013
  70. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2013
  71. Michael J GruberMay 12, 2013
  72. 4/7 cat-file: do not die on --textconv without textconv filtersMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  73. 5/7 t7008: demonstrate behavior of grep with textconvMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  74. 6/7 grep: allow to use textconv filtersMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  75. 7/7 grep: honor --textconv for the case rev:pathMichael J Gruber, May 10, 2013
  76. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2013
  77. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2013

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