From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2022 04:44:32 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] cat-file: support NUL-delimited input with `-z`
Message-ID: <xmqqczdwbfpr.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <cover.1658532524.git.me@ttaylorr.com>

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

> This short patch series implements a `-z` mode that is compatible with
> the `--batch`, `--batch-check`, and new `--batch-command` options in
> `cat-file`.

It's a shame that we forgot that people use strange "object name"
like "<tree>:<path>", when we originally intended to only take
simple object names, like fully-spelled hexadecimal.  And if we were
prepared to take <path>, we should have make sure we use the usual
cquote convention.