From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:39:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] ls-files: add %(skipworktree) atom to format option
Message-ID: <xmqqmt68lvu6.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAOLTT8TztbirR9FmD0s_5iPQ9+NETfecXHE8xeJDNXQUNojSJA@mail.gmail.com>

ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com> writes:

>> Perhaps it becomes useful in conjunction with %(if) and friends,
>> when they become avaiable?
>> ...
> Can this strange design be considered as a bad design of %(if) and
> %(else) in ref-filter?

Sorry, but I am not sure what "strange design" you are referring to.

On the ref-filter side, thanks to these conditional formatting
primitives, a boolean %(token) that gives an empty string vs a
non-empty string does make sense for a good design.  If another
--format="" wants to imitate it, it would be a good idea to first
see what part of the implementation can be shared and reused from
there.