[RFD/BUG?] git show with tree/commit
- From
Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
- Date
- Apr 12, 2016, 15:33 UTC
- Message-ID
- <570D154D.6090006@drmicha.warpmail.net>
With current next, using any commit sha1:
$ git cat-file -p cab2cdadfda8e8e8631026443b11d3ed6e7ba517 tree 04050d37b1676ba8da277be1902513049b45413a parent b673b5e7d121021f77768c736cd9f98d7b3b3967 parent 7b0d47b3b6b5b64e02a5aa06b0452cadcdb18355 ...
$ git show cab2cdadfda8e8e8631026443b11d3ed6e7ba517: tree cab2cdadfda8e8e8631026443b11d3ed6e7ba517:
.gitattributes .gitignore .mailmap ...
$ git show 04050d37b1676ba8da277be1902513049b45413a: tree 04050d37b1676ba8da277be1902513049b45413a
.gitattributes .gitignore .mailmap ...
While it's clear to me what's going on, I'm wondering whether it's a good idea that "git show" says "tree" in front of the unresolved treeish, whether it's a tree, a commit or something else. I think it's pretty confusing. Alternatives would be:
tree <resolved tree id> # here: 040... treeish <treeish> # here: "treeish cab2c..." tree <treeish>^{tree} # here: "tree cab2c^{tree}"
Cheers Michael