It’s funny how wrong this is.[1] No, `--porcelain` is machine output format, and the machine output format is (sensibly) versioned (you of course need to versi

It’s funny how wrong this is.[1] No, `--porcelain` is machine output format, and the machine output format is (sensibly) versioned (you of course need to version such output—the output of `git status` writ large is not versioned afaik). This [2] answer by VonC even quotes a mail where someone said that it was “[their] fault, to some degree.” [1] Because it proves the opposite point. [2] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6976473/what-does-the-term-porcelain-mean-in-git/6978402#6978402 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6976473/what-does-the-te...