Paul Eggert wrote:
Jonathan Noack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Add an optional argument to rlog (tentatively '-n') that appends a null
character to the end of revision and file separators.
That sounds a bit extreme since the output wouldn't be text, but it
would be nice to have some sort of quoting operator.
I'm trying to create a way that rlog can produce unambiguous output even
when committers do silly things. I chose to append a null character to
make it as "committer-proof" as possible. The purpose of this option is
not to present output for human consumption; rather, it is to allow
scripts/programs to parse the output. As such, preserving text output
doesn't seem that important (to me). What are your thoughts?
Changing the separators from '-' and '=' to something else (like '@' and
'#') could be just as effective in practice while preserving text
output. There is still a small copy/paste risk with that approach.
-Jonathan
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