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Re: [PATCH 0/8] Add 'ls-files --json' to dump the index in json

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jun 21, 2019, 15:10 UTC
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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
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> Considering the amount of code to output these, supporting multiple
> formats would be a nightmare. I may be ok with versioning the output
> so the tool know what format they need to deal with, but I'd rather
> support just one version. For third parties wanting to dig deep, I
> think libgit2 would be a much better fit.

Yeah, I think starting with --debug=json (or --debug-json) until we see some stability in the output and got comfortable to the idea of "version X" to mean what we output at that point, and then renaming it to "--json" with "version: 1" in the output stream so that third party can use it (and interpret it according to version 1 rules) is the way to go. Third-party tools are welcome to read --debug-json output as an early-adoption practice waiting for the real thing, but we do not want to be locked into a schema too eary before we are ready.

Thanks.
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Message 26 of 36 in “Add 'ls-files --json' to dump the index in json”
  1. 0/8 Add 'ls-files --json' to dump the index in jsonNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 19, 2019
  2. 1/8 ls-files: add --json to dump the indexNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 19, 2019
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 19, 2019
  4. Derrick StoleeJun 19, 2019
  5. Johannes SchindelinJun 21, 2019
  6. Duy NguyenJun 24, 2019
  7. 2/8 split-index.c: dump "link" extension as jsonNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 19, 2019
  8. 3/8 fsmonitor.c: dump "FSMN" extension as jsonNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 19, 2019
  9. 4/8 resolve-undo.c: dump "REUC" extension as jsonNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 19, 2019
  10. Derrick StoleeJun 19, 2019
  11. 5/8 read-cache.c: dump "EOIE" extension as jsonNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 19, 2019
  12. 6/8 read-cache.c: dump "IEOT" extension as jsonNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 19, 2019
  13. Derrick StoleeJun 19, 2019
  14. Duy NguyenJun 19, 2019
  15. Derrick StoleeJun 19, 2019
  16. 7/8 cache-tree.c: dump "TREE" extension as jsonNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 19, 2019
  17. 8/8 dir.c: dump "UNTR" extension as jsonNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Jun 19, 2019
  18. Derrick StoleeJun 19, 2019
  19. Duy NguyenJun 19, 2019
  20. Derrick StoleeJun 19, 2019
  21. Jeff KingJun 19, 2019
  22. Duy NguyenJun 21, 2019
  23. Jeff KingJun 21, 2019
  24. Johannes SchindelinJun 21, 2019
  25. Duy NguyenJun 21, 2019
  26. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2019
  27. Jeff KingJun 21, 2019
  28. Johannes SchindelinJun 24, 2019
  29. Johannes SchindelinJun 24, 2019
  30. Duy NguyenJun 24, 2019
  31. Jeff KingJun 21, 2019
  32. Johannes SchindelinJun 24, 2019
  33. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2019
  34. Jeff HostetlerJun 20, 2019
  35. brian m. carlsonJun 21, 2019
  36. Duy NguyenJun 22, 2019

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