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Re: [PATCH-RFC] Rewrite ls-tree to behave more like "/bin/ls -a"

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 29, 2005, 18:44 UTC
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>>>>> "JM" == Jason McMullan <jason.mcmullan@timesys.com> writes:
JM> On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 00:05 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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>> - Unlike the old ls-tree behaviour that used paths arguments to
>> restrict output (not that it worked as intended---as pointed
>> out in the mailing list discussion, it was quite incoherent),
>> this rewrite uses paths arguments to specify what to show.
>> ...
JM> This behavior pattern is very agreeable. I'll take it!
Glad to know we are in agreement.

BTW, long after finishing the rewrite, I realized that all of the problems you raised did not exist in the very original version of ls-tree, but were bugs in _your_ patch that added the paths restriction. I was merely cleaning up your mess for you without knowing what I was doing. ;-) Not that I do not like what the resulting code does, though.

I am not going to re-submit this to Linus right now, since he seems to be quiet here and spending more time and attention to the kernel, which is what I want to see. When Linus starts pulling in update for GIT, and if you see this one not applied to his tree, please remind him.

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Message 7 of 7 in “ls-tree path restriction semantics fixes”
  1. ls-tree path restriction semantics fixesJason McMullan, May 27, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 27, 2005
  3. Jason McMullanMay 27, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2005
  5. Rewrite ls-tree to behave more like "/bin/ls -a"Junio C Hamano, May 28, 2005
  6. Jason McMullanMay 28, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2005

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