From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2021 01:26:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] ls-tree.c: support `--oid-only` option for "git-ls-tree"
Message-ID: <xmqqpmqrachl.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <211123.86tug3wu8v.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> All of which (and more) would also be addressed in an obvious way by
> just supporting --format as I suggested in
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/211115.86o86lqe3c.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com/;
> don't you think that's a better approach?

That is what I would call over-engineering that I would rather not
to have in low level plumbing.

I am all for making _parsing_ the output from the tool easier by
scripts; I am not interested in eliminating the _output_ by scripts.
They should capture and format the pieces we output in any way they
want.

So, no, I do not think it is a better approach at all.