Re: [PATCH 1/2] status: really ignore config with --porcelain

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

That means after we add more and more other options like --branch
that enrich the output in several years, scripts that want to use
the enriched data need to pass tons of options to get what they
want, which is not very nice,

Right, but accepting status.branch would not even solve that. Script
writers should not assume that status.branch is set. So, the --branch is
still required.

Actually, that would even be worse, as a script writer who's used to
status.branch being set would not even notice that --branch is missing.
So, he'd still need it, but would have greater chance to miss it.

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