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authorLibravatar Alexandr Miloslavskiy <alexandr.miloslavskiy@syntevo.com>2019-11-06 15:51:13 +0000
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-11-07 15:11:27 +0900
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parse-options.h: add new options `--pathspec-from-file`, `--pathspec-file-nul`
Support for various porcelain commands will arrive via additional patches. `--pathspec-from-file` solves the problem of commandline length limit for UIs built on top of git. Plumbing commands are not always a good fit, for two major reasons: 1) Some UIs show executed commands to user. In this case, porcelain commands are expected. One reason for that is letting user learn git commands by clicking UI buttons. The other reason is letting user study the history of commands in case of any unexpected results. Both of these will lose most of their value if UI uses combinations of arcane plumbing commands. 2) Some UIs have started and grown with porcelain commands. Replacing existing logic with plumbing commands could be cumbersome and prone to various new problems. `--pathspec-from-file` will behave very close to pathspec passed in commandline args, so that switching from one to another is simple. `--pathspec-from-file` will read either a specified file or `stdin` (when file is exactly "-"). Reading from file is a good way to avoid competing for `stdin`, and also gives some extra flexibility. `--pathspec-file-nul` switch mirrors `-z` already used in various places. Some porcelain commands, such as `git commit`, already use `-z`, therefore it needed a new unambiguous name. New options do not have shorthands to avoid shorthand conflicts. It is not expected that they will be typed in console. Signed-off-by: Alexandr Miloslavskiy <alexandr.miloslavskiy@syntevo.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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