This adds a %z format which prints out a null character. This allows for
easier machine parsing of multiline data. It is also necessary to use fwrite
to print out the data since printf will terminate at a null.
Signed-off-by: Govind Salinas <blix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/pretty-formats.txt | 1 +
log-tree.c | 6 ++++--
pretty.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index 0193c3c..f4b3134 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -123,3 +123,4 @@ The placeholders are:
- '%Creset': reset color
- '%m': left, right or boundary mark
- '%n': newline
+- '%z': null character
diff --git a/log-tree.c b/log-tree.c
index 608f697..3bb6e49 100644
--- a/log-tree.c
+++ b/log-tree.c
@@ -308,8 +308,10 @@ void show_log(struct rev_info *opt, const char *sep)
if (opt->show_log_size)
printf("log size %i\n", (int)msgbuf.len);
- if (msgbuf.len)
- printf("%s%s%s", msgbuf.buf, extra, sep);
+ if (msgbuf.len) {
+ fwrite(msgbuf.buf, sizeof(char), msgbuf.len, stdout);
+ printf("%s%s", extra, sep);
+ }
strbuf_release(&msgbuf);
}
diff --git a/pretty.c b/pretty.c
index 703f521..fd155ec 100644
--- a/pretty.c
+++ b/pretty.c
@@ -478,6 +478,9 @@ static size_t format_commit_item(struct strbuf
*sb, const char *placeholder,
case 'n': /* newline */
strbuf_addch(sb, '\n');
return 1;
+ case 'z': /* null */
+ strbuf_addch(sb, '\0');
+ return 1;
}
/* these depend on the commit */
--
1.5.4.4.552.g1d39e.dirty
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