> oh fuck, I didn't realize that the git index is a binary file format I wonder if the project (or likely, another one) might be better served by implementing

> oh fuck, I didn't realize that the git index is a binary file format I wonder if the project (or likely, another one) might be better served by implementing the index using plain text (or whatever else might be more natural for shell wrangling) to elucidate the conceptual structure rather than matching git literally. PS: The name is very apropos. One doesn’t see too many such fitting opportunities — feels warm and fuzzy to see this one well used :-)