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Re: [PATCH 1/2] status: really ignore config with --porcelain

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Jun 24, 2013, 15:04 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> My knee-jerk reaction is that, because the
> "--porcelain" output was designed to be extensible and scripts
> reading from it is expected to ignore what it does not understand,
> if the setting of status.branch is a problem, the reading side is
> buggy and needs to be fixed.

It is extensible in the sense that the caller can provide more command-line options to get more output (i.e. say --branch --porcelain), but providing different results for the same call because of the configuration file is broken IMHO.

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Message 21 of 25 in “Fix serious regressions in latest master”
  1. 0/2 Fix serious regressions in latest masterRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 24, 2013
  2. 1/2 status: really ignore config with --porcelainRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 24, 2013
  3. Matthieu MoyJun 24, 2013
  4. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 24, 2013
  5. Matthieu MoyJun 24, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2013
  7. Matthieu MoyJun 24, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2013
  9. Matthieu MoyJun 24, 2013
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2013
  11. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 24, 2013
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2013
  14. Jeff KingJun 28, 2013
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2013
  17. Jeff KingJun 28, 2013
  18. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2013
  19. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 24, 2013
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2013
  21. Matthieu MoyJun 24, 2013
  22. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 24, 2013
  23. 2/2 commit: make it work with status.shortRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 24, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoJun 24, 2013
  25. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 24, 2013

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