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Re: [RFC] get_sha1() shorthands for blob/tree objects

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Apr 19, 2006, 00:27 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
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> [ NOTE! The reason I put "RFC" in the subject rather than "PATCH" is that 
>   I'm not 100% sure this isn't just a "shiny object" of mine rather than a 
>   really useful thing to do. What do people think? Have you ever wanted to 
>   access individual files in some random revision? Do you think this is 
>   useful? I think it's cool and _may_ be useful, but I'm not going to 
>   really push this patch. Consider it a throw-away patch unless somebody 
>   else finds it intriguing enough.. ]

Yes, I wanted to do this myself for a while. The only issue I might have is what the separator character between rev and path should be.

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Message 5 of 24 in “[RFC] get_sha1() shorthands for blob/tree objects”
  1. Linus TorvaldsApr 18, 2006
  2. Martin LanghoffApr 19, 2006
  3. Shawn PearceApr 19, 2006
  4. Ray LehtiniemiApr 19, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2006
  6. Linus TorvaldsApr 19, 2006
  7. Linus TorvaldsApr 19, 2006
  8. Andreas EricssonApr 19, 2006
  9. Linus TorvaldsApr 19, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2006
  11. Linus TorvaldsApr 19, 2006
  12. Linus TorvaldsApr 19, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2006
  14. Linus TorvaldsApr 19, 2006
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2006
  16. Linus TorvaldsApr 19, 2006
  17. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2006
  18. Linus TorvaldsApr 19, 2006
  19. Martin LanghoffApr 19, 2006
  20. Linus TorvaldsApr 19, 2006
  21. Linus TorvaldsApr 19, 2006
  22. [RFC] get_sha1(): :path and :[0-3]:path to extract from index.Junio C Hamano, Apr 22, 2006
  23. Uwe ZeisbergerApr 25, 2006
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2006

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