On Fri, Aug 01, 2025 at 10:11:10AM -0300, Lucas Seiki Oshiro wrote:
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
> index 140ee3a0aa..b735cf4737 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
> @@ -18,12 +18,23 @@ THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE.
>
> COMMANDS
> --------
> -`info [<key>...]`::
> +`info [--format=<keyvalue|nul>] [<key>...]`::
> Retrieve metadata-related information about the current repository. Only
> the requested data will be returned based on their keys (see "INFO KEYS"
> section below).
> +
> The returned data is lexicographically sorted by the keys.
> ++
> +The output format can be chosen through the flag `--format`. Two formats are
> +supported:
> ++
> +* `keyvalue`: output key-value pairs one per line using the `=` character as
> +the delimiter between the key and the value. This is the default.
Let's also mention that the value will be C-quoted.
> +* `nul`: similar to `keyvalue`, but using a newline character as the delimiter
> +between the key and the value and using a null character after each value.
> +This format is better suited for being parsed by another applications than
> +`keyvalue`.
And here we can then explicitly say that it's not quoted.
> diff --git a/builtin/repo.c b/builtin/repo.c
> index 56c3a4027f..4015cf88b7 100644
> --- a/builtin/repo.c
> +++ b/builtin/repo.c
> @@ -74,18 +79,33 @@ static int qsort_strcmp(const void *va, const void *vb)
> return strcmp(a, b);
> }
>
> -static int print_fields(int argc, const char **argv, struct repository *repo)
> +static int print_fields(int argc, const char **argv,
> + struct repository *repo,
> + enum output_format format)
> {
> int ret = 0;
> const char *last = "";
> struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
>
> + char kv_sep;
> + char field_sep;
Nit: we don't usually have newlines between variable declarations.
Patrick
