Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] git-jump: add an optional argument 'stdout'

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 02:43:51PM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> the command line structure of "git jump" being
> 
>     git jump <mode> [<args>]
> 
> where <mode> is one of 'diff', 'merge', 'grep', it somehow feels
> very strange to insert an optional new word, that is not a dashed
> option, before the <mode>.  "git jump --stdout diff" might be less
> surprising, but I dunno.

FWIW, I had the same reaction: it should be --stdout.

> But I think this is a good idea.  In fact, it almost feels that the
> interface to produce the list of "$file:$line: <blah>" that this
> "stdout" mode gives should have been in the command as the lowest
> level basic primitive, upon which the feature to drive a specific
> editor using such an output file should have been built, and the
> current code is backwards in that sense.  Exposing that lower level
> primitive directly is a welcome addition.

The main reason I didn't start with that primitive is because the
initial outputs were pretty simple and based around "grep -n" output.
But they've gotten a bit more complicated over time, especially the
"diff" one. I agree that just dumping the quickfix list is a good
feature to have.

-Peff