Re: [PATCHv3 3/7] show: honor --textconv for blobs

> On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 11:04:01AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> One thing to notice is that those accessing rev->pending before
>> calling prepare_revision_walk(), as opposed to those receiving
>> objects in rev->commits via get_revision(), are the only ones that
>> care about the context and wants to act differently depending on
>> where these came from and how they were specified.
>> 
>> That suggests at least two possibilities to me:
>> 
>>  - Perhaps we can place the context in rev->pending and clear them
>>    when prepare_revision_walk() moves them to rev->commits, without
>>    introducing rev->keep_object_context?
>> 
>>  - Perhaps instead of extending object-array, we can move this kind
>>    of information to rev_cmdline and enrich that structure?
>
> Without looking too closely to see whether it is feasible, I would think
> the latter would end up being much more elegant, since I think it
> already deals with some allocation issues already.