Re: [PATCH v2] mingw: workaround for hangs when sending STDIN

Eric Sunshine [off-list ref] writes:

... For instance, t1050-large.sh uses:

    printf "%2000000s" X >large1 &&

which is plenty portable and (presumably) doesn't have such demanding
memory consumption.

Yes, I had the exact same reaction to echoing large string with
literal backslash-en in it ;-)  Thanks for reviewing and teaching.