From: Sean <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:35:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add --show-size to git log to print message size
Message-ID: <20070715083529.6855a858.seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
In-Reply-To: <e5bfff550707150529l7e9bdd9fu253d38f99d4d2ed7@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:29:04 +0200
"Marco Costalba" <mcostalba@gmail.com> wrote:

> To further push for git patch, please check this from current linux tree:
> 
> git log --parents --pretty=raw -z -r -p c4201214
> 
> As you can see the diff contains a '\0' value (actually removed by the patch).
> 
> qgit of course fails, as any tool based on parsing '\0' delimiting
> character records. If the size of the patch was explicitly given
> instead no fail will occur.
> 

If you only look for ^\0 (ie. first position only) the parsing should
be okay.  Not that it helps with the performance issue you're trying
to address.

Sean