Hi, It seems that `git-grep -lz` behaves differently depending on whether it is inside a subdirectory: $ mkdir demo $ cd demo $ git init $ echo content > 'an "example".txt' $ mkdir nested $ echo content > 'nested/other "example".txt' $ git add . $ git commit -m Initial $ git grep -lz content an "example".txt^@nested/other "example".txt^@ Note that, as expected, the files are NUL-terminated and not wrapped in quotes. ("^@" represents NUL byte.) $ cd nested $ git grep -lz content "other \"example\".txt"^@ As soon as we move into a subdirectory, files are wrapped in quotes and contain escapes, despite the "-z" switch. git-ls-files doesn't exhibit this behavior: $ git ls-files -z other "example".txt And git-grep doesn't either, if you pass "--full-name": $ git grep -lz --full-name content nested/other "example".txt^@ Seeing this on Git v2.25.0 on macOS (10.13.6). Does this seem like a bug, or expected behavior? Cheers, Greg