Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] cat-file: add --follow-symlinks to --batch

> David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com> writes:
>
>> In addition, I would like to have the format for the dangling, loop, and
>> notdir cases match the missing case.  In other words, "HEAD:link
>> missing", "HEAD:link dangling", etc.  Users already need to parse the
>> missing case, so we might as well make the others match.
>
> Interesting to see our opinions differ here, especially because the
> previous suggestion was coming from "users already need to parse the
> 'symlink' case, so we might as well make the others match" ;-).
>
> Between 'missing' and 'symlink', the latter is richer in information
> and easier to parse, I would have thought.