Re: [PATCH] Document ls-files -t as obsolete.

Tor Arntsen [off-list ref] writes:

Sorry for being stupid and a bit off-topic, but..

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 -t::
+       This feature is deprecated. Authors of scripts should use
+       linkgit:git-status[1] `--porcelain`, [...]

I've always understood 'porcelain' as for users, and 'plumbing' for
scripts.. so, if the option is meant for scripting (as opposed to
--short), why wasn't it called --plumbing? There's obviously something
I'm not getting here! -:)

There's prior art ("git annotate --porcelain" at least). I disagree
with the rationale, but --porcelain means "to be used by porcelain
scripts", hence "behave like plubing".

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Matthieu Moy
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