Re: [PATCH 08/16] test-lib functions: add --printf option to test_commit

Eric Sunshine [off-list ref] writes:

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 7:33 AM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
[off-list ref] wrote:

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On Tue, Apr 13 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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Eric Sunshine [off-list ref] writes:

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I don't care for `--raw` either but couldn't think of anything better
at the time. But perhaps a name such as `--allow-escapes` would be
clearer, or perhaps not. `--c-style-escapes`?

It's printf(1) style escapes ;-)

So, the conclusion of this thread is let's keep it as --printf?

It was bikeshedding on my part, so I don't feel strongly. As
mentioned, I only brought it up because my first thought was to wonder
how interpolation would work. One might suggest --printf-escapes or
--string-escapes but the audience for this is so narrow (Git
developers) that the short and concise --printf is probably
preferable.

After seeing you raised the issue, I wish we had a better option
name than --printf to be even more clear, but the wish is not strong
enough to make me say "let's stop until we come up with the perfect
name".  I am OK with --printf

Thanks.