Re: git-show, was Re: What's in git.git (stable)

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

Hi,

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

One minor issue we may need to decide is what to do when show is
given a tag object.  Personally I think the current behaviour of
dereferencing it to commit is fine (people who want to see the
tag can always do 'git-verify-tag -v').

How about adding the command line option "--tag" to git-show, which makes 
it only show that tag. I'd also vote for a "--verbose|-v" flag to show the 
contents of the tag _before_ showing the referenced object.

Sounds sensible.  Please make it so.

Hi,

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

Hi,

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

One minor issue we may need to decide is what to do when show is
given a tag object.  Personally I think the current behaviour of
dereferencing it to commit is fine (people who want to see the
tag can always do 'git-verify-tag -v').

How about adding the command line option "--tag" to git-show, which makes 
it only show that tag. I'd also vote for a "--verbose|-v" flag to show the 
contents of the tag _before_ showing the referenced object.

Sounds sensible.  Please make it so.

Actually, I rethought it. A tag _without_ what it tags makes no sense. See 
my upcoming patch. And git-show really is as Porcelain as it gets, so it 
should Do What I Mean.

Ciao,
Dscho