Hi Ramsay,

On Tue, 25 Jun 2019, Ramsay Jones wrote:

> On 25/06/2019 15:10, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > Hi Duy,
> [snip]
>
> >> Again our experiences differ. Mine is mostly about extensions,
> >> probably because I had to work on them more often. For normal entries
> >> "ls-files --debug" gives you 99% what's in the index file already.
> >
> > Like the device. And the ctime. And the file size. And the uid/gid. Is
> > that what you mean?
>
> Hmm, well I think so:
>
>   $ git ls-files --debug git.c git-compat-util.h
>   git-compat-util.h
>     ctime: 1561457278:502638001
>     mtime: 1561457278:502638001
>     dev: 2049 ino: 262663
>     uid: 1000 gid: 1000
>     size: 35440       flags: 0
>   git.c
>     ctime: 1561457278:518646000
>     mtime: 1561457278:518646000
>     dev: 2049 ino: 263083
>     uid: 1000 gid: 1000
>     size: 26837       flags: 0
>   $
>
> I have occasionally added stuff to the '--debug' output
> while debugging something, but the above is usually
> sufficient for my uses. (Having said that, I have not
> had the need to debug extensions [yet!]).

Well, live and learn. So for debugging purposes, we already have a good
facility and would not need JSON at all.

Good to know,
Dscho

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