On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 1:54 PM, Jeff King <[email protected]> wrote:

>> +--sources::
>> +     Augment the output of all queried config options with the
>> +     source type (file, stdin, blob, cmd) and the actual source
>> +     (config file path, ref, or blob id if applicable).
>
> I think something like "cmdline" might be more descriptive than "cmd".

I agree "cmdline" is better than "cmd".

> So the format here is like:
>
>   file\t<filename>\t<value...>
>   blob\t<blob>\t<value...>
>   stdin\t\t<value...>
>   cmd\t\t<value...>
>
> where two of the prefixes have nothing in the second slot. I expected
> something more like:
>
>   file:<filename>\t</value...>
>   blob:<blob>\t<value...>
>   stdin\t<value...>
>   cmd\t<value...>
>
> with a single delimited slot for the source, which can then be broken
> down further if desired.  I can't think of any reason to prefer one over
> the other rather than personal preference, though. They can both be
> parsed unambiguously.

I also would have expected sopme like the latter, except that I'd also
expect a colon after "stdin" and "cmd" (or "cmdline", as said above).
I.e. the colon should be part of the prefix to mark it as such.

-- 
Sebastian Schuberth
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