On Tue, Apr 13 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> I don't care for `--raw` either but couldn't think of anything better >> at the time. But perhaps a name such as `--allow-escapes` would be >> clearer, or perhaps not. `--c-style-escapes`? > > It's printf(1) style escapes ;-) > >> Anyhow, it's pure bikeshedding as I mentioned in my original email, so >> not a big deal. I brought it up only because the very first thought >> that popped into my head when reading the commit message saying it was >> adding `--printf` was "oh, interesting; how do I specify the arguments >> to interpolate into the `printf` format string?". So, the conclusion of this thread is let's keep it as --printf?
