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Re: [PATCH v8 2/4] cat-file: teach cat-file a '--literally' option

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 17, 2015, 02:14 UTC
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On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 7:10 PM, Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On April 16, 2015 7:05:04 PM GMT+05:30, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>I meant just a different message.  The point of -e is to see if the
>>thing exists.  It is good to mention _how_ the result is reported
>>back to the user (i.e. via the exit code, not via an output to the
>>standard output "exists" vs "missing", for example), but that is
>>secondary.  Telling how it reports is meaningless without telling
>>what it reports in the first place.
>
> I see what you mean. But I think it's beyond the scope of this patch series.
It is perfectly fine to leave it as-is; that is why I said "This is a tangent".
Thanks.
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Message 26 of 44 in “cat-file: teach cat-file a '--literally' option”
  1. 0/4 cat-file: teach cat-file a '--literally' optionkarthik nayak, Apr 15, 2015
  2. 1/4 sha1_file.c: support reading from a loose object of unknown typeKarthik Nayak, Apr 15, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2015
  4. Jeff KingApr 15, 2015
  5. Jeff KingApr 17, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2015
  7. Jeff KingApr 17, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2015
  9. karthik nayakApr 20, 2015
  10. Jeff KingApr 20, 2015
  11. karthik nayakApr 21, 2015
  12. Jeff KingApr 21, 2015
  13. karthik nayakApr 17, 2015
  14. Jeff KingApr 17, 2015
  15. karthik nayakApr 18, 2015
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2015
  17. karthik nayakApr 18, 2015
  18. Eric SunshineApr 17, 2015
  19. karthik nayakApr 18, 2015
  20. 2/4 cat-file: teach cat-file a '--literally' optionKarthik Nayak, Apr 15, 2015
  21. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2015
  22. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2015
  23. karthik nayakApr 16, 2015
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2015
  25. Karthik NayakApr 17, 2015
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 17, 2015
  27. Charles BaileyApr 19, 2015
  28. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2015
  29. Charles BaileyApr 20, 2015
  30. Karthik NayakApr 20, 2015
  31. Charles BaileyApr 20, 2015
  32. karthik nayakApr 20, 2015
  33. Charles BaileyApr 21, 2015
  34. Eric SunshineApr 21, 2015
  35. Junio C HamanoApr 21, 2015
  36. karthik nayakApr 25, 2015
  37. Junio C HamanoApr 25, 2015
  38. karthik nayakApr 27, 2015
  39. Eric SunshineApr 27, 2015
  40. karthik nayakApr 28, 2015
  41. 3/4 cat-file: add documentation for '--literally' option.Karthik Nayak, Apr 15, 2015
  42. 4/4 t1006: add tests for git cat-file --literallyKarthik Nayak, Apr 15, 2015
  43. Eric SunshineApr 18, 2015
  44. karthik nayakApr 18, 2015

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