Re: [RFC \ WISH] Add -o option to git-rev-list

Marco Costalba, Sun, Dec 10, 2006 12:38:42 +0100:

So my request is if it is possible to make git-rev-list write
_directly_ to a file, without shell redirection, I would ask if it is
possible:

Well, it is usually possible to redirect stdout directly into a file
(see dup2). "Usually", unless you want windows which as always has
it's own stupid way of doing simple things. Nevertheless, it's
possible to do it without ever touching rev-list.

I understand this could be not exactly a top priority feature for git
people, but I would really like to get the best possible interface
with the plumbing git and the -o options is also a very common one.

Sadly, you're right. Almost every command-line program got the option.
What education could have caused this, I wonder...

P.S: On another thread I explained why I see problematic linking
directly against libgit.a

It still is the fastest you can get.