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Re: [PATCH] Document ls-files -t as obsolete.

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date
Apr 14, 2010, 14:58 UTC
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Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no> writes:
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> Sorry for being stupid and a bit off-topic, but..
>
>>  -t::
>> +       This feature is deprecated. Authors of scripts should use
>> +       linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain`, [...]
>
> I've always understood 'porcelain' as for users, and 'plumbing' for
> scripts.. so, if the option is meant for scripting (as opposed to
> --short), why wasn't it called --plumbing? There's obviously something
> I'm not getting here! -:)

There's prior art ("git annotate --porcelain" at least). I disagree with the rationale, but --porcelain means "to be used by porcelain scripts", hence "behave like plubing".

-- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

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  1. Document ls-files -t as obsolete.Matthieu Moy, Apr 14, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2010
  3. Daniel GraceApr 14, 2010
  4. Matthieu MoyApr 14, 2010
  5. Tor ArntsenApr 14, 2010
  6. Matthieu MoyApr 14, 2010

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