Re: git check-attr -z and quoting
On Nov 2, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Joey Hess wrote:
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> First, thanks to all for supporting -z in various commands like
> git ls-files and git diff. Big help for plumbing, as I'm sure you know.
>
> But, git check-attr -z only enables NUL separation of its input; output
> always has munged pathnames. This bit me trying to use it as plumbing.
What do you mean by munged pathnames? As long as the path doesn't contain the sequence ": " it seems like the output should be unambiguous.
-Kevin Ballard
Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>