Re: [PATCHv4 7/7] builtin/describe.c: describe a blob

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 17, 2017, 01:06 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
>
>>     grep "fatal: test-blob-1 is neither a commit nor blob" actual
>
> OK, that might be somewhat unsatisfying from end-user's point of
> view (logically "test-blob-1" is already a name based on the 'graph
> relations' that is satisfactory).

... but that is correct and I think we need any further updates to address it. If a user starts with a tag object, the user already has one usable human-readable name. By "unsatisfying", I didn't mean that it is something we need to spend more cycles.