Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] repo: add -z as an alias for --format=nul to git-repo-structure

From: Lucas Seiki Oshiro <lucasseikioshiro@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 18, 2025, 23:02 UTC
Message-ID: <5240C85D-7587-4042-AA75-58356BCFF351@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqh5txfv7b.fsf@gitster.g>

Hi, Junio!

> * Instead of munging the expected file so that it contains a NUL,
>   and compare the actual output with it, munge the NUL terminated
>   outout to make it text and compare with the expected file in text
>   format.

Ok! I'll do that in the next version.

> * I see your -z output is "<key> LF <value> NUL", but was there a
>   particular reason why "<key> NUL <value> NUL" was not chosen?

This was a suggestions by Phillip Wood [1]. We've chosen this format following the format of git-config.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/223c7cbd-610e-49e2-90e2-5914cbc0f1d7@gmail.com/