un Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Perhaps we need >> >> git cat-file --batch-format="%(disk-size) %(object)" >> >> or similar. This is what I wanted to do with the in for-each-ref's pretty formatting [1]. I used to hack cat-file --batch to extract info I needed for experimenting with various pack index extensions. If you are not in hurry, maybe we can introduce something similar to your syntax, but applicable for all for-each-ref, branch and log family. Ram, are you still interested in the awesome branch series? > I agree with your reasoning. It may be simpler to give an interface > to ask for which pieces of info, e.g. --batch-cols=size,disksize, > without giving the readers a flexible "format". [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/227057/focus=227223 -- Duy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html