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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Add "git show-ref" builtin command
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 23:24:56 +0200
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Junio C Hamano wrote:

> +<format>::
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0A string that interpolates `%(fieldname)` from =
the
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0object pointed at by a ref being shown. =A0If `=
fieldname`
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0is prefixed with an asterisk (`*`) and the ref =
points
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0at a tag object, the value for the field in the=
 object
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0tag refers is used. =A0When unspecified, defaul=
ts to
> +=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0`%(refname)`.

Wouldn't it be better to be able to use (or be able to enable, like ech=
o -e
option) interpretation of the  backslash-escaped characters, like=20
\t, \n, \0?

--=20
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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