Re: [PATCH 0/5] cat-file: introduce NUL-terminated output format

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 3, 2023, 01:44 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqmt1h7205.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <cover.1685710884.git.ps@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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> Note that Toon has sent a patch series for this issue to address the
> same issue, see the thread starting at [1]. I've collaborated with him
> internally at GitLab to arrive at this new patch series which thus
> effectively supersedes the patches he has sent. The approach is also
> different: while his patches start quoting the output, the approach
> chosen by my series only changes the lines to be NUL terminated. This
> should make it easier to use for scripted purposes compared to having to
> de-quote the input.

OK.  Will try to drop the other topic and queue this one instead.

Thanks.

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