From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 01:06:53 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 7/7] builtin/describe.c: describe a blob
Message-ID: <xmqqd14hvhle.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq375fx9ly.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> 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.