On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 07:07:01PM +0530, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: > > There's also syntax sharing. I don't think each command should have > > its own syntax. f-e-r already has %(objectsize). If we plan to have a > > common syntax, perhaps %(disk-size) should be %(objectsize:disk) or > > something. > > Ofcourse. I didn't notice %(objectsize); %(objectsize[:disk]) is a > fine suggestion. > > > Adding formatting to cat-file --batch from scratch could be > > another big chunk of code (that also comes with bugs, usually) and may > > or may not be compatible with the common syntax because of some > > oversight. > > Oh, I'm proposing that Peff implements just %H and > %(objectsize[:disk]) for _now_, because that's what he wants. It > should be a tiny 20-line parser that's easy to swap out. I went with %(objectname), %(objectsize), and %(objectsize:disk). The former match for-each-ref, and the latter extends it in a natural-ish way (though it is arguable whether "foo:modifier" should mean "do something with the foo value" or "this is like foo, but not quite"). In the long run, I would like to see long names for each atom, with short aliases (so "%H" and "%h" for "%(objectname) and "%(objectname:short)", available everywhere). But I think it is OK to start without the aliases, and then pick them up as the implementations and interfaces are unified. IOW, it is OK to say "cat-file has not learned about %H yet", and later add it; we cannot teach it "%H" now and then change our minds later. > > --batch-cols=... or --batch-disk-size would be simpler, but > > we might never be able to remove that code. > > Agreed. The approach paints us into a design-corner, and must > therefore be avoided. I would say it is worth one of the other routes if it turned out to be dramatically simpler. But having just done the work to add formats for cat-file, it is really not too bad. It lacks some of the niceties of the other formatters (e.g., colors), but again, we can always add them in later as the implementations unify. -Peff -- 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