Re: [PATCH v3 8/8] fetch: introduce machine-parseable "porcelain" output format

From: Glen Choo <chooglen@google.com>
Date: May 9, 2023, 00:03 UTC
Message-ID: <kl6lednq1ic5.fsf@chooglen-macbookpro.roam.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <e132d9494ee7d8c4eb3a7a82b6420743c8c7a9b0.1683113177.git.ps@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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> +--porcelain::
> +	Print the output to standard output in an easy-to-parse format for
> +	scripts. See section OUTPUT in linkgit:git-fetch[1] for details.
> ++
> +This is incompatible with `--recurse-submodules=[yes|on-demand]`.
> +

We should probably specify that this will override any setting of "fetch.output" (and perhaps add a test for it). Most readers will probably guess that this is the case, but the extra clarity wouldn't hurt.

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