Re: [PATCH 2/4] add smudge-to-file and clean-from-file filter configuration

Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] writes:

I wonder if we prefer not to make this customizable (i.e. not having
to use'%p').  Unlike '%f' that is optional, smudgeTo and cleanFrom
"filters" are not filters and MUST read from the path given and not
from any other paths.
...
Would an interface that always appends the pathname at the end of
the command line string work?

Just to avoid misunderstanding, when I say "I wonder if we want to
go this route instead", I am open to a response that says "No, we do
not; going that route is worse because ...".  Please do not take it
as a suggestion or request to "do it this way instead".

I may not even favor that other "route" I mention in my message with
"I wonder"; I am merely saying that I cannot come up with that
"because ..."  part to reject it myself, and asking for help from
others.

In this case, I would be happy to hear "Yes, '%p' may merely be a
way to allow taking the pathname at anywhere on the command line,
but that flexibility is important because...".

Thanks.