Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] rev-list: print additional missing object information

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 5, 2025, 13:18 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5xlor0la.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20250205004147.887106-1-jltobler@gmail.com>

Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> writes:

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> One concern I currently have with this quoting approach is that it is a
> bit more challenging to machine parse compared to something like using a
> null byte to delimit between missing info. One option is, in a followup
> series, introduce a git-for-each-ref(1) style format syntax. Maybe
> something like: `--missing=print-info:%(path)%00%(type)`. I'm curious if
> anyone may have thoughts around this.

Would it be so bad if we said that in -z mode with --info option, each record is terminated with two NUL bytes, and elements on a list of var=value pairs have a single NUL in between, or something silly like that? The point is to get away with just a fixed format, without any customization.