Re: [PATCH 3/3] builtin/describe: describe blobs

2017-10-29 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi Stefan, On Sat, 28 Oct 2017, Stefan Beller wrote: > On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Johannes Schindelin > wrote: > > > I wonder whether it would make sense to extend this to tree objects > > while we are at it, but maybe that's an easy up-for-grabs. > > I can look into incorporating that,

Re: [PATCH 3/3] builtin/describe: describe blobs

2017-10-29 Thread Kevin Daudt
On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 08:28:54PM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote: > On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Johannes Schindelin > wrote: > > > > [..] > > I wonder whether it would make sense to extend this to tree objects while > > we are at it, but maybe that's an easy up-for-grabs. > > I can look into

Re: [PATCH 3/3] builtin/describe: describe blobs

2017-10-28 Thread Stefan Beller
On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi Stefan, > > On Fri, 27 Oct 2017, Stefan Beller wrote: > >> Sometimes users are given a hash of an object and they want to identify >> it further (ex.: Use verify-pack to find the largest blobs, but what are >> these? or [1]) >> >> T

Re: [PATCH 3/3] builtin/describe: describe blobs

2017-10-28 Thread Jacob Keller
On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi Stefan, > > > Nicely done, sir! > > I wonder whether it would make sense to extend this to tree objects while > we are at it, but maybe that's an easy up-for-grabs. > > Thank you very much! > Dscho I'd very much like the same abili

Re: [PATCH 3/3] builtin/describe: describe blobs

2017-10-28 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi Stefan, On Fri, 27 Oct 2017, Stefan Beller wrote: > Sometimes users are given a hash of an object and they want to identify > it further (ex.: Use verify-pack to find the largest blobs, but what are > these? or [1]) > > The best identification of a blob hash is done via a its path at a > give

[PATCH 3/3] builtin/describe: describe blobs

2017-10-27 Thread Stefan Beller
Sometimes users are given a hash of an object and they want to identify it further (ex.: Use verify-pack to find the largest blobs, but what are these? or [1]) The best identification of a blob hash is done via a its path at a given commit, which this implements. [1] https://stackoverflow.com/que