Re: [PATCH 4/6] [GSOC] ref-filter: add %(rest) atom and --rest option

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> > If we actually delete "--rest", we will have no way to test %(raw:textconv)
> > and %(raw:filters)... So now I think we can keep --rest (or use
> > another name --path)
> > and let "git for-each-ref" family reject %(rest) by default.
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> I didn't read beyond the %(rest) thing, but do we even need
> %(raw:textconv) to begin with?  It is totally useless in the context
> of for-each-ref because textconv by its nature is tied to attributes
> that by definition needs a blob that is sitting at a path, but the
> objects for-each-ref and friends visit are mostly commits and tags,
> and even for refs that point at a blob, there isn't any "path"
> information to pull attribute for.
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> Is that what you want to add to give "cat-file --batch"?  Even in
> the context of "cat-file --batch", you can throw an object name for
> a blob to the command, but there is no path for the blob (a blob can
> appear at different places in different trees---think "rename), so I
> am not sure what benefit you are trying to derive from it.
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