On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:15:56AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> -If an `LF` or double quote must be encoded into `<path>` shell-style > >> -quoting should be used, e.g. `"path/with\n and \" in it"`. > >> +If an `LF`, backslash or double quote must be encoded into `<path>` > >> +shell-style quoting should be used, and the complete name should be > >> +surrounded with double quotes e.g. `"path/with\n, \\ and \" in it"`. > > That "shell-style" contradicts with what fast-import.c says, though. > It claims to grok \octal and described as C-style.
Yeah, I think it was just laziness by the original author to use "shell-style" to mean "quotes and backslash escaping" without thinking too hard about which escape sequences are available. Saying C-style is more accurate (and Matthieu's more recent update does that). -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
