Re: [PATCH] builtin/describe.c: describe a blob

2017-11-14 Thread Stefan Beller
On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 5:33 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Stefan Beller writes: > >> 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]) > >

Re: [PATCH] builtin/describe.c: describe a blob

2017-11-12 Thread Junio C Hamano
Stefan Beller writes: > 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]) Thanks for finishing the topic you started. > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS > [verse] >

[PATCH] builtin/describe.c: describe a blob

2017-11-10 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]) When describing commits, we try to anchor them to tags or refs, as these are conceptually on a higher level than the commit. And if there