Re: [PATCH v4] ls-files: introduce "--format" option

>
> "ZheNing Hu via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Range-diff vs v3:
> > ...
> >       +test_done
>
> I omitted 300 lines of range-diff, which is not exactly illuminating
> in this case.  I wonder if there is a way to turn it off when it is
> not helping automatically...
>

> > +FIELD NAMES
> > +-----------
> > +Various values from structured fields can be used to interpolate
> > +into the resulting output. For each outputting line, the following
> > +names can be used:
> > +
> > +objectmode::
> > +     The mode of the file which is recorded in the index.
> > +objectname::
> > +     The name of the file which is recorded in the index.
> > +stage::
> > +     The stage of the file which is recorded in the index.
>
>
> > +eolinfo:index::
> > +     The <eolinfo> of the file which is recorded in the index.
> > +eolinfo:worktree::
> > +     The <eolinfo> of the file which is recorded in the working tree.
>
> These sound somewhat strange, as the above makes it sound as if we
> are recording eolinfo for something (we never record eolinfo of
> anything anywhere).
>
>         eolinfo:index::
>         eolinfo:worktree::
>                 The <eolinfo> (see the description of the `--eol` option) of
>                 the contents in the index or in the worktree for the path
>
> perhaps?  I dunno.
>
> > +eolattr::
> > +     The <eolattr> of the file which is recorded in the index.
>
> Likewise, eolattr comes from the attribute subsystem and not
> recorded in the index.  It is more like
>
>         eolattr:
>                 The <eolattr> (see the description of the `--eol` option)
>                 that applies to the path.
>
> Because attribute applies to the path, it applies equally to both
> what is in the index and what is in the working tree.
>

> > +path::
> > +     The pathname of the file which is recorded in the index.
>
> As ls-tree already uses %(path) for it, this is probably OK
> (otherwise we would probably have called it %(pathname)).