Re: [PATCH 3/4 v4] ls-files: pass through safe options for --recurse-submodules

> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> 
> > In nul_to_q and q_to_nul implementations (t/test-lib-functions.sh)
> > we seem to avoid using "tr", even though q_to_cr and others do use
> > it.  I wonder if we had some portability issues with passing NUL
> > through tr or something?
> >
> >     ... digs and finds e85fe4d8 ("more tr portability test script
> >     fixes", 2008-03-12)
> >
> > So use something like
> >
> > 	perl -pe 'y/\012/\000/' <<\-EOF
> >         ...
> >         EOF
> >
> > instead, perhaps?
> 
> I actually think it would make more sense to add
> 
>     lf_to_nul () {
>             perl -pe 'y/\012/\000/'
>     }
> 
> to t/test-lib-functions.sh somewhere near q_to_nul if we were to go
> this route.