From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:24:05 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] git-prompt: add fallback for shells without $'...'
Message-ID: <xmqqsevxignu.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <258254527.2690084.1721914093743@mail.yahoo.com>

avih <avihpit@yahoo.com> writes:

>     eval "$(printf '
>         __git_SOH="\1" __git_STX="\2" __git_ESC="\33"
>         __git_LF="\n" __git_CRLF="\r\n"
>     ')"
>
> I think it strikes the best balance between the options, both
> for this patch, and possibly also as a general recomendation.
>
> So unless there are objections or better suggestions, this is
> what I currently prefer for this patch.

Modulo my superstition against \d and \dd, the above does look
very readable and hard to break.

Thanks.