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Re: [regression] Re: git-cat-file --batch reversion; cannot query filenames with spaces

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Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date
Aug 2, 2013, 15:27 UTC
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<20130802152713.GA23548@gnu.kitenet.net>
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<20130802115906.GA9183@sigill.intra.peff.net>
Jeff King wrote:
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> By the way, Joey, I am not sure how safe "git cat-file --batch-check" is
> for arbitrary filenames. In particular, I don't know how it would react
> to a filename with an embedded newline (and I do not think it will undo
> quoting). Certainly that does not excuse this regression; even if what
> you are doing is not 100% reliable, it is good enough in sane situations
> and we should not be breaking it. But you may want to double-check the
> behavior of your scripts in such a case, and we may need to add a "-z"
> to support it reliably.

Yes, I would prefer to have a -z mode. I think my code otherwise handles newlines.

Thanks for the quick fix. I agree that only enabling the behavior with %{rest} makes sense.

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  1. Jonathan NiederAug 2, 2013
  2. Jeff KingAug 2, 2013
  3. Jeff KingAug 2, 2013
  4. Joey HessAug 2, 2013
  5. Brandon CaseyAug 2, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2013
  7. Jeff KingAug 2, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2013
  9. Jonathan NiederAug 2, 2013
  10. Jeff KingAug 3, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2013

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