Re: [PATCH 1/2] cat-file: force flush of stdout on empty string

>> I think overall this approach is cleaner and makes sense. My only
>> question is, are there more commands in the future that will need some
>> special command syntax? Just wondering whether YAGNI applies here.
>
> An obvious addition is to at least add the ability to set the various
> options on the fly, i.e. now you need to use --batch-check, and then
> kill it and restart if you'd like the content with --batch, ditto for
> --textconv.
>
> E.g. the gitaly backend for gitlab.com keeps two cat-filfe processes
> around just to flip-flop between those two, sometimes you want the
> content, sometimes you're just checking if the object exists.
>
> I'd also like to add something to expose the likes of -e and -t
> directly, i.e. even with --batch-check you often want to just check
> existence, but get the size too, you could supply a format, but like the
> above you sometimes want the size or whatever, and killing/starting a
> new process just for that is a hassle...