Hi Elijah, On Mon, 21 Feb 2022, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > [...] since `merge-tree` is a low-level tool meant to be called by > programs rather than humans, we need to make sure that those messages > remain machine-parseable, even if they contain file names. > > [...] > > Do you think we can switch to `sq_quote_buf_pretty()` for these messages? Or maybe much better: use NUL to separate those messages if `-z` is passed to `merge-tree`? That would address the issue in one elegant diff. What do you think? Ciao, Dscho