Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] repo: add new flag --keys to git-repo-info

From: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 21, 2026, 14:38 UTC
Message-ID: <E8095CC7-E913-4012-8036-DD2FC5A0E290@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <aXB9976b3Oqf-_Tp@pks.im>

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> I also thought about it, but didn't want to propose it myself. But I
> agree that this would be a reasonable change. After all, git-repo(1) is
> still young and it's marked as experimental, so from my perspective it
> is fair to do adjustments like this once we notice that we've been a bit
> too narrow-minded.
> 
> So I'm all for it.

Agreed. And I think that it makes more sense than adding a new output format only for --keys and extra checks in other places.

Besides this, I sent first patch of this series (the "default" output format) to support -z with --keys [1]. If we change "keyvalue" to "lines" maybe it wouldn't be useful.

So, now I'm thinking about dropping the first patch and replacing it by a new one renaming "keyvalue" to "lines".

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/5A4D4433-FD38-4BB0-81B6-3BAD33A30A74@gmail.com/