From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:12:12 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/16] test-lib functions: add --printf option to test_commit
Message-ID: <xmqqpmyzm71v.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cQSS8yp-K8Z5q9eG1t-7sFAyuPEvFDNvX_JaY07BKcMhQ@mail.gmail.com>

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 ;-)

> Anyhow, it's pure bikeshedding as I mentioned in my original email, so
> not a big deal. I brought it up only because the very first thought
> that popped into my head when reading the commit message saying it was
> adding `--printf` was "oh, interesting; how do I specify the arguments
> to interpolate into the `printf` format string?".