On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 3:47 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Kang-Che Sung <explorer09@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > I wish "git worktree list --porcelain" would show directory names with some > > quoting or escaping so that tricky names can be handled easily for any program > > that reads the porcelain output. But I didn't see any command line option that > > enables quoting or escaping of file names. > > > > Does anyone have an idea on what I could do? > > I agree that an output mode that claims to be --porcelain should > produce output that is machine-parseable without ambiguity. > > The usual practice is to use quote_c_style() for output without > "-z", and with "-z", just use the NUL as the termination character, > as you shouldn't be listing strings with embedded NUL. A couple additional comments... Phillip has just submitted a patch to add a `-z` mode to `git worktree list --porcelain`. You can see it at [1]. Porcelain mode should indeed be quoting the path using quote_c_style(); the fact that it doesn't is a bug which would be nice to fix. This has been discussed previously[2], however, there may be backward compatibility concerns[3]. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.1164.git.1645801727732.gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx/ [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAPig+cQq_RnanDQ3jHfNz_L58WyzmsUJBhtdrLxa=H0v_io+WA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ [3]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/936f9b7c-6d54-00bc-f136-4cb4c2836eb6@xxxxxxxxx/
