From: Krzesimir Nowak Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:42:59 GMT Subject: [PATCH 1/5] gitweb: Add a comment explaining the meaning of $/ Message-ID: <1386164583-14109-2-git-send-email-krzesimir@endocode.com> In-Reply-To: <1386164583-14109-1-git-send-email-krzesimir@endocode.com> So future reader will know what does it mean without running "perldoc perlvar". Signed-off-by: Krzesimir Nowak --- gitweb/gitweb.perl | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl index 68c77f6..ee61f9e 100755 --- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl +++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl @@ -2629,6 +2629,8 @@ sub git_parse_project_config { my $section_regexp = shift; my %config; + # input record separator, so getline does end on null, not + # newline local $/ = "\0"; open my $fh, "-|", git_cmd(), "config", '-z', '-l', -- 1.8.3.1