Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] refs: add symref support to 'git-update-ref'

> Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> IOW, we should add support for operation modes other than "--stdin"
>>> as well, shouldn't we?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> That's a good point, I was thinking of something like this too, but
>> didn't want to bloat this series. Would it make sense to add this
>> functionality in a follow up series with the cleanup that Patrick
>> mentioned [1] too?
>
> Going multi-step is usually a preferred approach but we have to be
> sure that we do not have to retract the way earlier steps gave our
> users when we move to later steps.  "Earlier we said that your
> commands should look like this, but now you have to give your
> commands differently" is absolutely what we want to avoid.
>
> So, "in this iteration, you can use this enhanced feature only via
> the "--stdin" mode, but we promise we will make the same available
> on the command line" is perfectly fine.  You may need to retitle the
> topic to clarify the scope of each iteration, though.
>
> Thansk.