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Re: [PATCH] Document ls-files -t as obsolete.

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TATor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no>
Date
Apr 14, 2010, 14:47 UTC
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Sorry for being stupid and a bit off-topic, but..
>  -t::
> +       This feature is deprecated. Authors of scripts should use
> +       linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain`, [...]

I've always understood 'porcelain' as for users, and 'plumbing' for scripts.. so, if the option is meant for scripting (as opposed to --short), why wasn't it called --plumbing? There's obviously something I'm not getting here! -:)

-Tor
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