On Tuesday, 22 July 2025 02:28:31 CEST Lucas Seiki Oshiro wrote: > Currently, `git rev-parse` covers a wide range of functionality not > directly related to parsing revisions, as its name suggests. Over time, > many features like parsing datestrings, options, paths, and others > were added to it because there wasn't a more appropriate command > to place them. > > Create a new Git command called `repo`. `git repo` will be the main > command for obtaining the information about a repository (such as > metadata and metrics), returning them in a machine readable format > following the syntax "field<LF>value<NUL>". > > Also declare a subcommand for `repo` called `info`. `git repo info` > will bring the functionality of retrieving repository-related > information currently returned by `rev-parse`. > > Add the required tests, documentation and build changes to enable > usage of this subcommand. > > Helped-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > Helped-by: Justin Tobler <jltobler@xxxxxxxxx> > Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> > Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > .gitignore | 1 + > Documentation/git-repo.adoc | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Documentation/meson.build | 1 + > Makefile | 1 + > builtin.h | 1 + > builtin/repo.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > command-list.txt | 1 + > git.c | 1 + > meson.build | 1 + > 9 files changed, 71 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/git-repo.adoc > create mode 100644 builtin/repo.c > > diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore > index 04c444404e..1803023427 100644 > --- a/.gitignore > +++ b/.gitignore > @@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ > /git-repack > /git-replace > /git-replay > +/git-repo > /git-request-pull > /git-rerere > /git-reset > diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000000..caee7d8aef > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc > @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ > +git-repo(1) > +=========== > + > +NAME > +---- > +git-repo - Retrieve information about a repository > + > +SYNOPSIS > +-------- > +[synopsis] > +git repo info [<key>...] > + > +DESCRIPTION > +----------- > +This command retrieve repository level information. > + > +THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE. > + > +COMMANDS > +-------- > +info [<key>...]:: The commands and options are quoted with back-quotes with the new synopsis style: `info [<key> ...]`:: Thanks JN
