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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] config: Add --null/-z option for null-delimted output
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:09:18 +0100 (BST)
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Hi,

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 06:37:35PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> > Another possibility, though, is to say:
> > 
> > 	core.some\0where\0core.over\0\0core.the\0core.rainbow\0
> 
> How do you denote empty values then?
> 
> [section]
> 	key=
> 	key
> 
> this are two very different statements atm (e.g. the one is false and
> the other one is true).
> 
> I still think using two different delimiters is the simplest choice.

Okay, good point. But of course, you have to use a delimiter for the key 
name that cannot be part of the keyname. You picked '\n'. The original was 
'='. Both work.

Ciao,
Dscho