Re: [PATCH] rev-parse: teach "--verify" to be quiet when using "-q" or "--quiet"

Christian Couder [off-list ref] writes:

Currently "git rev-parse --verify <something>" is often used with
its error output redirected to /dev/null. This patch makes it
easier to do that.

The -q|--quiet option is designed to work the same way as it does
for "git symbolic-ref".

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <redacted>
---
 Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt |    5 +++++
 builtin-rev-parse.c             |   20 ++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

	By the way it's strange that for example:

	$ git rev-parse --verify <good-rev> <junk>

	works whatever <junk> is, as long as <good-rev> can be
	parsed.

Very much so.  The earlier plumbing programs tend to have this "works if
you give correct input but sometimes ignores bogosity" tendency.  They are
loose not by design, and we should be able to tighten without worrying
about breaking existing scripts.