Thalia Archibald <thalia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > For most of this feature's lifetime, the documentation has not > prescribed the use of quoted empty strings. In e5959106d6 > (Documentation/fast-import: put explanation of M 040000 <dataref> "" in > context, 2011-01-15), its documentation was changed from “`<path>` may > also be an empty string (`""`) to specify the root of the tree” to “The > root of the tree can be represented by an empty string as `<path>`”. > > Thus, we can assume that some front-ends have depended on this behavior. If I were writing this, I would say "must" instead of "can", as otherwise it would probably be a good idea if we could tighten it. Of course no need to reroll just to update this. > diff --git a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh > index de2f1304e8..13f98e6688 100755 > --- a/t/t9300-fast-import.sh > +++ b/t/t9300-fast-import.sh The changes needed to test both a C_quoted empty string and an unquoted empty string are so small (when viewed with "show -w") and pleasant. Nicely done.
