Junio C Hamano <[email protected]> writes:
> In nul_to_q and q_to_nul implementations (t/test-lib-functions.sh)
> we seem to avoid using "tr", even though q_to_cr and others do use
> it. I wonder if we had some portability issues with passing NUL
> through tr or something?
>
> ... digs and finds e85fe4d8 ("more tr portability test script
> fixes", 2008-03-12)
>
> So use something like
>
> perl -pe 'y/\012/\000/' <<\-EOF
> ...
> EOF
>
> instead, perhaps?
I actually think it would make more sense to add
lf_to_nul () {
perl -pe 'y/\012/\000/'
}
to t/test-lib-functions.sh somewhere near q_to_nul if we were to go
this route.
