[PATCH] Help scripts that use git-rev-parse to grok args with SP/TAB/LF
authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Sat, 23 Jul 2005 02:08:32 +0000 (19:08 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Sat, 23 Jul 2005 03:34:16 +0000 (20:34 -0700)
commit5bb2c65aba9161ee77c42002009634e757005b4f
tree36946783915c59373a17b8537037a147e5d023c1
parent99cff830e0b5d57fb299f1937a46d62602f23c9b
[PATCH] Help scripts that use git-rev-parse to grok args with SP/TAB/LF

The git-rev-parse command uses LF to separate each argument it
parses, so its users at least need to set IFS to LF to be able
to handle filenames with embedded SPs and TABs.  Some commands,
however, can take and do expect arguments with embedded LF,
notably, "-S" (pickaxe) of diff family, so even this workaround
does not work for them.

When --sq flag to git-rev-parse is given, instead of showing one
argument per line, it outputs arguments quoted for consumption
with "eval" by the caller, to remedy this situation.

As an example, this patch converts git-whatchanged to use this
new feature.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
git-whatchanged
rev-parse.c