Re: [PATCH 4/8] rev-parse: teach "git rev-parse --symbolic" to print the full ref name

Steffen Prohaska [off-list ref] writes:

So the idea of --symbolic is really to return the argv as is?
No change whatsoever allowed. Why would someone need this?
Is it only for convenience when writing shell code?

rev-parse _is_ for convenience for writing shell scripts, to
sift various parameters into "rev-list arguments" and "non
rev-list arguments".