Re: [GSoC PATCH 0/2] repo: add -z and objects.format

From: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 21, 2025, 10:14 UTC
Message-ID: <CAOLa=ZQkV6FXCocVFdBoxbR_0eioQeY3hkOGOke+XWciLeZ+PA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20250820144247.79197-1-lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>

Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com> writes:

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> Hi!
>
> This patchset adds two features to `git repo info`. They are unrelated,
> but I preferred to send them together to avoid merge conflicts and
> because they are small.
>
> - The first patch adds the `-z` as an alias for `--format=null`, as
>   requested in [1]
>
> - The second patch adds `objects.format`, which retrieves the same value
>   as `git rev-parse --show-object-format`
>
> Thanks!
>

Just a tip: It would be nice to mention which base branch this is based on top of and dependencies.

The patches themselves look good to me, just a small nit on the first commit.

Thanks!

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