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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Unclear rationale for pipe usage in `output_stream` doc","articleBody":"The `Git.execute` method docstring includes this in the description of its `output_stream` parameter:\r\n\r\nhttps://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/1e044ead62ea8ae31c879680a8645a0a301053ab/git/cmd.py#L990-L991\r\n\r\nI think this is referring to the `subprocess` module, which could be clarified by changing `subprocess` to `` :mod:`subprocess` ``. But I'm not sure what issues this is referring to, or what information it seeks to impart to the reader.\r\n\r\nTo be clear, I'm not arguing that `output_stream` shouldn't use a pipe. Instead, I think this part of the docstring should be clarified (and I am unsure how to do so).\r\n\r\nIf this intends to be general, and vagueness is acceptable, yet it is considered better to have this \"due to\" clause than simply remove it, *and the issue really is in `subprocess` itself*, then it could be changed to:\r\n\r\n```rst\r\ndue to limitations of :mod:`subprocess`\r\n```\r\n\r\nBut I hope something more specific can be said.\r\n\r\nThe full context is:\r\n\r\nhttps://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/blob/1e044ead62ea8ae31c879680a8645a0a301053ab/git/cmd.py#L987-L994","author":{"url":"https://github.com/EliahKagan","@type":"Person","name":"EliahKagan"},"datePublished":"2024-02-24T18:40:27.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/1845/GitPython/issues/1845"}