[[!comment format=mdwn username="joey" subject="""comment 1""" date="2016-01-19T15:30:01Z" content=""" Couldn't you use the existing info --batch for the same purpose? batching find has the problem that it can output any number of lines (0 for a non-annexed file, 1 for an annexed file, N for a directory). So, the consumer has no way to tell when it reaches the end of output. So some additional thing would be needed to indicate end of output. """]]