"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > The cat-file --batch command is very valuable in server settings, but so far > it is missing a bit of functionality that would come in handy there. > > For example, it is sometimes necessary to determine the object mode of a > batch of tree objects' children. OK. It is somewhat unsatisfying that --batch/--batch-check lacks so much. Even with %(objectmode) its nature of one-object-at-a-time makes querying children of a large tree a chore, when you compare it with something like "cat-file -p HEAD:" that allows you to grab the needed information for all children with a single invocation. This is orthogonal to what the patch wants to do, which is to enrich the output side with more formatting, bit I wonder if we want to consider enriching the input side? e.g. instead of feeding just a single object name from the standard input of "cat-file --batch/--batch-check", perhaps a syntax can say "Here I have the object name for a tree-ish object, but please pretend that I gave you all the objects contained within it", or something? Thanks, will queue.
