Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >>> IOW, we should add support for operation modes other than "--stdin" >>> as well, shouldn't we? >>> >>> Thanks. >> >> That's a good point, I was thinking of something like this too, but >> didn't want to bloat this series. Would it make sense to add this >> functionality in a follow up series with the cleanup that Patrick >> mentioned [1] too? > > Going multi-step is usually a preferred approach but we have to be > sure that we do not have to retract the way earlier steps gave our > users when we move to later steps. "Earlier we said that your > commands should look like this, but now you have to give your > commands differently" is absolutely what we want to avoid. > > So, "in this iteration, you can use this enhanced feature only via > the "--stdin" mode, but we promise we will make the same available > on the command line" is perfectly fine. You may need to retitle the > topic to clarify the scope of each iteration, though. > > Thansk. Yeah, will do that. Possibly also some of the commits too, where we could mention that this is being added to the `--stdin` mode and can be extended further on.
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