Subject: Re: More git status --porcelain lossage

From: Eric Raymond <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:30:39 -0400

Simon <[email-masked]>:
> Why not use an XML output?
> Plain text is easier to parse, but XML may give this extra durability
> you are looking for?

Because XML is awfully heavyewight, and XML parsers tend to be slow.

If we were going to buld on a metaprotocol, JSON would be better.  IMHO.  
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