From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 17:11:16 GMT
Subject: Re: "Git worktree list" on paths with newlines
Message-ID: <xmqqilt2g9cb.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CADDzAfNTuuAWn1ynswTayRqgNNcPn3ou=v6c+z_tRsu5uoqJZA@mail.gmail.com>

Kang-Che Sung <explorer09@gmail.com> writes:

> I wish "git worktree list --porcelain" would show directory names with some
> quoting or escaping so that tricky names can be handled easily for any program
> that reads the porcelain output. But I didn't see any command line option that
> enables quoting or escaping of file names.
>
> Does anyone have an idea on what I could do?

I agree that an output mode that claims to be --porcelain should
produce output that is machine-parseable without ambiguity.

The usual practice is to use quote_c_style() for output without
"-z", and with "-z", just use the NUL as the termination character,
as you shouldn't be listing strings with embedded NUL.