From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:58:52 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document ls-files -t as obsolete.
Message-ID: <vpqeiii13o3.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <z2hd2d39d861004140747u5980eeach66b58102cd5ede25@mail.gmail.com>

Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no> writes:

> 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".

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