Re: Missing git options

Hi all,

Am 06.02.2018 um 01:43 schrieb brian m. carlson [off-list ref]:

I think this is likely to cause problems.  Many people use git log with
--pretty to format commit hashes or messages into other programs.  I'm
aware of multiple tools that will simply break if --graph or --patch
become the default.  Requiring people to retrofit their tools to use
--no-graph or --no-patch is likely to be a burden.

While I share your concern, this is something that will completely freeze development of the git tui which I cannot imagine is wanted.

If this where my tool, I would much rather advertise an output format specifically for scripting.

An interim solution could be something like an `—ignore-configuration` option that allows script writers to get predictable output. This however still freezes the default output of git forever.

So you will need something like —output-for=scripting|json|xml|whatever sooner or later. Mixing up the TUI for humans and for scripts is not going to be fun to evolve.

Best Regards,
Martin Häcker