Re: [PATCH-RFC] Rewrite ls-tree to behave more like "/bin/ls -a"

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"JM" == Jason McMullan [off-list ref] writes:

JM> On Sat, 2005-05-28 at 00:05 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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- Unlike the old ls-tree behaviour that used paths arguments to
restrict output (not that it worked as intended---as pointed
out in the mailing list discussion, it was quite incoherent),
this rewrite uses paths arguments to specify what to show.
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JM> This behavior pattern is very agreeable. I'll take it!

Glad to know we are in agreement.

BTW, long after finishing the rewrite, I realized that all of
the problems you raised did not exist in the very original
version of ls-tree, but were bugs in _your_ patch that added the
paths restriction.  I was merely cleaning up your mess for you
without knowing what I was doing. ;-) Not that I do not like
what the resulting code does, though.

I am not going to re-submit this to Linus right now, since he
seems to be quiet here and spending more time and attention to
the kernel, which is what I want to see.  When Linus starts
pulling in update for GIT, and if you see this one not applied
to his tree, please remind him.