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Re: File Systems and a Theory of Edits

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 1, 2011, 01:04 UTC
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René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> writes:
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> Am 30.07.2011 21:06, schrieb Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason:
>> On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 16:29, Michael Nahas <mike.nahas@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>     "git xargs <commit> ..."  (Is this possible?)
>> 
>> I don't have comments on the rest of your proposal, but I've often
>> wanted a git-find(1) similar to git-grep(1). Which would give you this
>> functionality.
>> 
>> Then you could simply:
>> 
>>     git find <commit> <path> -type f | xargs <whatever>
>> 
>> Or something like that.
>
> How about this, which should match your example:
>
> 	git ls-tree -r --name-only <commit> <path> | xargs <whatever>
I don't get what this thread wants to achieve quite yet.

The devil is in <whatever> part. What would it do, given only the sequence of pathnames and object names but not data? Invoke low-level git commands on them?

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  1. Michael NahasJul 30, 2011
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 30, 2011
  3. René ScharfeJul 31, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 1, 2011
  5. Michael NahasAug 1, 2011
  6. John M. DlugoszJul 30, 2011
  7. Michael WittenJul 31, 2011
  8. Jeff KingAug 1, 2011
  9. Michael NahasJul 31, 2011
  10. Michael WittenJul 31, 2011
  11. Michael NahasJul 31, 2011
  12. Andreas SchwabJul 31, 2011
  13. Michael NahasJul 31, 2011
  14. Michael NahasAug 1, 2011
  15. René ScharfeJul 31, 2011

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