Sebastien Gross <seb-git@chezwam.org> wrote:
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> Add a -z option to 'git status' to get a list of all files
> but ignored, starting with modification type or 'untracked'
> as prefix and ending with '__PLACEHOLDER__0_'.

Hmm.  Is the plumbing really that broken that you need to add -z
support to porcelain rather than using the -z support already built
into the plumbing?
 
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>  * Remove all untracked files:
> 
>    git status -z | gawk 'BEGIN{RS="__PLACEHOLDER__1_"; ORS="__PLACEHOLDER__1_";}/^untracked/ \
> 	{sub("^.+:", "");print}' | xargs -0 -r rm

That I take it is just the long handed way to write `git clean -f` ?
 
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>  * List all updated file regardless the modification:
> 
>    git status -z | gawk 'BEGIN{RS="__PLACEHOLDER__2_"; ORS="__PLACEHOLDER__2_";}/^updated/ \
> 	{sub("^.+:", "");print}' | xargs -0 -n 1

And this is just the long handed way to write `git diff --name-only` ?


A very large and intrusive looking patch for what can already be
obtained easier through existing, stable porcelain.  Not something
I am in favor of seeing added at this time.

-- 
Shawn.
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