[regression] Re: git-cat-file --batch reversion; cannot query filenames with spaces

Hi Joey,

Joey Hess wrote[1]:

Commit c334b87b30c1464a1ab563fe1fb8de5eaf0e5bac caused a reversion in
git-cat-file --batch. 

With an older version:

joey@gnu:~/tmp/rrr>git cat-file --batch
:file name
e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 blob 0

With the new version:

joey@wren:~/tmp/r>git cat-file --batch
:file name
:file missing

This has broken git-annex's support for operating on files/directories
containing whitespace. I cannot see a way to query such a filename using
the new interface.

Oh dear.  Luckily you caught this before the final 1.8.4 release.  I
wonder if we should just revert c334b87b (cat-file: split --batch
input lines on whitespace, 2013-07-11) for now.

Thanks,
Jonathan

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/718517