Re: [RFC/PATCH v2 0/4] A new library for plumbing output

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 14, 2010, 20:38 UTC
Message-ID: <7vbpdlpy5t.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <201004142212.33162.jnareb@gmail.com>

Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

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>> Wouldn't the exact same argument apply equally well to the output format
>> of "status --porcelain", by the way?  It is line-based and pretty much
>> self-describing (once you know the mnemonic but you can make an educated
>> guess from previous SCM experience).
>
> No, current "git status --porcelain" output is record-based (tabular);
> the meaning is not described by header but depends on field in record,
> i.e. position in line.

Now, what's wrong about that? For that matter, would you say "diff --raw" output should be JSON/XMLified because it is columnar?