Re: [PATCH 08/16] test-lib functions: add --printf option to test_commit

> On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 7:33 AM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
> <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 13 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> > Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
>> >> I don't care for `--raw` either but couldn't think of anything better
>> >> at the time. But perhaps a name such as `--allow-escapes` would be
>> >> clearer, or perhaps not. `--c-style-escapes`?
>> >
>> > It's printf(1) style escapes ;-)
>> >
>> So, the conclusion of this thread is let's keep it as --printf?
>
> It was bikeshedding on my part, so I don't feel strongly. As
> mentioned, I only brought it up because my first thought was to wonder
> how interpolation would work. One might suggest --printf-escapes or
> --string-escapes but the audience for this is so narrow (Git
> developers) that the short and concise --printf is probably
> preferable.