From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 06:56:43 GMT
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2017, #02; Sun, 15)
Message-ID: <257b4175-9879-7814-5d8d-02050792574d@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqh94zbwlu.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

Am 16.01.2017 um 02:51 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> * jk/vreport-sanitize (2017-01-11) 2 commits
>  - vreport: sanitize ASCII control chars
>  - Revert "vreportf: avoid intermediate buffer"
>
>  An error message with an ASCII control character like '\r' in it
>  can alter the message to hide its early part, which is problematic
>  when a remote side gives such an error message that the local side
>  will relay with a "remote: " prefix.
>
>  Will merge to 'next'.

Please be not too hasty with advancing this topic to master. I could 
imagine that there is some unwanted fallout on systems where the 
end-of-line marker CRLF is common. Though, I haven't tested the topic 
myself, yet, nor do I expect regressions in *my* typical workflow.

-- Hannes