Hi Elijah,

On Mon, 21 Feb 2022, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

[...] since `merge-tree` is a low-level tool meant to be called by
programs rather than humans, we need to make sure that those messages
remain machine-parseable, even if they contain file names.

[...]

Do you think we can switch to `sq_quote_buf_pretty()` for these messages?

Or maybe much better: use NUL to separate those messages if `-z` is passed
to `merge-tree`? That would address the issue in one elegant diff.

What do you think?

Ciao,
Dscho