Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
builtin-rev-parse.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index fba30b1..239704c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ OPTIONS
Only meaningful in `--parseopt` mode. Tells the option parser to echo
out the first `--` met instead of skipping it.
+--sq-quote::
+ Use 'git-rev-parse' in shell quoting mode (see SQ-QUOTE section below).
+
--revs-only::
Do not output flags and parameters not meant for
'git-rev-list' command.
@@ -406,6 +409,21 @@ C? option C with an optional argument"
eval `echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?`
------------
+SQ-QUOTE
+--------
+
+In `--sq-quote` mode, 'git-rev-parse' echoes on the standard output a
+single line suitable for `sh(1)` `eval`. This line is made by
+normalizing the arguments following `--sq-quote`.
+
+Example
+~~~~~~~
+
+------------
+$ git rev-parse --sq-quote "'''" '"""' "arg with space"
+ ''\'''\'''\''' '"""' 'arg with space'
+------------
+
EXAMPLES
--------
diff --git a/builtin-rev-parse.c b/builtin-rev-parse.c
index 22c6d6a..c5b3d6e 100644
--- a/builtin-rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin-rev-parse.c
@@ -402,6 +402,18 @@ static int cmd_parseopt(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
return 0;
}
+static int cmd_sq_quote(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+ struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+ if (argc)
+ sq_quote_argv(&buf, argv, 0);
+ printf("%s\n", buf.buf);
+ strbuf_release(&buf);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static void die_no_single_rev(int quiet)
{
if (quiet)
@@ -419,6 +431,9 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
if (argc > 1 && !strcmp("--parseopt", argv[1]))
return cmd_parseopt(argc - 1, argv + 1, prefix);
+ if (argc > 1 && !strcmp("--sq-quote", argv[1]))
+ return cmd_sq_quote(argc - 2, argv + 2);
+
prefix = setup_git_directory();
git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
--
1.6.3.rc1.112.g17e25
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