Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] status: print branch info with --porcelain=v2 --branch
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-07-25 20:30:38
Jeff Hostetler [off-list ref] writes:
/* + * Print branch and tracking header for porcelain v2 output. + * This is printed when the '--branch' parameter is given. + * + * "## branch: <commit> <head>[ <upstream>[ +<ahead> -<behind>]]<eol>"
Just FYI, the only reason why the original "short" output gives this information on a single line with ## is because it was added as an afterthought to then-existing short/porcelain format that used two letter prefix and one-line-per-path format, and the expectation was that the existing parsers for the output would ignore unknown status letters (namely "##"). Because you are inventing a new format that needs to be parsed by a brand new parser _anyway_, you do not have to mimic that old convention which was a workaround, and use a notation that mixes better with the other lines you show under the --porcelain=v2 option. Of course if you like "## branch:" output and think it is pleasing to see, that is fine as well.