Re: [PATCH 3/4] cat-file: add --batch-disk-sizes option

On Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 10:49:46AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

Perhaps we need

  git cat-file --batch-format="%(disk-size) %(object)"

or similar.

I agree with your reasoning.  It may be simpler to give an interface
to ask for which pieces of info, e.g. --batch-cols=size,disksize,
without giving the readers a flexible "format".

I started on this, and it turned out not to really be any simpler. In
particular there is the question of whether

  git cat-file --batch-cols=size,type

is different from

  git cat-file --batch-cols=type,size

If so, then you are basically implementing the equivalent of a macro
format anyway (you have to parse it left to right to know the order).
And if not, you end up translating the column list into a bit-field, and
the boilerplate for adding a new item is about the same as for a macro
format.

So I went ahead with the full formats for my re-roll. It turned out
pretty reasonable, I think.

-Peff