> Yes, that is correct. Some C lib implementations seem to count > %n and others don't so it is not reliable. That is one of the > reasons I personally have stayed away from fancier sscanf() > constructs, both inside and outside git project. So, should I remove it? As I said, the code using sscanf is already the second try, and the first was utterly illegible, so I'd rather stay with it. Paolo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html