Re: [PATCH] git-cget: prints elements of C code in the git repository

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mar 24, 2009, 14:56 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0903241555360.7493@intel-tinevez-2-302>
In-Reply-To: <e2b179460903240738x272c884q62a666931ce99c2f@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Mike Ralphson wrote:

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> 2009/3/24 Jeff King <peff@peff.net>:
> > Wouldn't it be a lot easier to base this on something like ctags, which
> > already knows how to do all the parsing of C quirky C?
> >
> > I.e.:
> >
> >  git ls-files | xargs ctags
> >  vi -t get_sha1
> >
> > Where you can replace "vi" with your editor of choice.
> 
> This kind of pipeline has the benefit that it can actually work on the 
> *repository*, and not just the working copy (as per the posted script).

Did I miss something? git ls-files pipes only the names to xargs, not the full contents, right?

Ciao, Dscho