From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:40:32 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Improve git-prune -n output
Message-ID: <7vslh1l0bj.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <200611021112.26420.andyparkins@gmail.com>

Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> writes:

> prune_object() in show_only mode would previously just show the path to the
> object that would be deleted.  The path the object is stored in shouldn't be
> shown to users, they only know about sha1 identifiers so show that instead.
>
> Further, the sha1 alone isn't that useful for examining what is going to be
> deleted.  This patch also adds the object type to the output, which makes it
> easy to pick out, say, the commits and use git-show to display them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>

List members and git users, 

	if you are using "prune -n" output in your scripts, this
change could cause those scripts to break; so please holler.

I am inclined to take this output format change, so if you are
going to holler please do so fast.