From: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:29:45 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] replace: List replacement along with the object
Message-ID: <CAP8UFD2Cr4UQjWa=pRvcqgyX_Ed+qjts=TujWRdyk4dUZsd_7Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <bae5a8f7d30417864d972390f9f6b4470cf4e5bf.1314283118.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net>

On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Michael J Gruber
<git@drmicha.warpmail.net> wrote:
> The documentation could be misunderstood as if "git replace -l" lists
> the replacements of the specified objects. Currently, it lists the
> replaced objects.

You could just change the documentation to make it more explicit.

> Change the output to the form "<object> <replacement>" so that there is
> an easy way to find the replacement, besides the more difficult to find
> git show-ref $(git replace -l).

I shamelessly copied the "-l <pattern>" feature and the documentation
from "git tag". If you just change the output of "git replace -l" it
will make the UI inconsistent between both commands.

Maybe you could add a "-L <pattern>" feature to "git replace", "git
tag" and "git branch" that would output "<ref name> <ref content>"?

Thanks,
Christian.