@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git worktree add' [-f] [--detach] [--checkout] [--lock [--reason <string>]] [-b <new-branch>] <path> [<commit-ish>]
-'git worktree list' [-v | --porcelain]
+'git worktree list' [-v | --porcelain [-z]]
'git worktree lock' [--reason <string>] <worktree>
'git worktree move' <worktree> <new-path>
'git worktree prune' [-n] [-v] [--expire <expire>]
@@ -223,7 +223,14 @@ This can also be set up as the default behaviour by using the
--porcelain::
With `list`, output in an easy-to-parse format for scripts.
This format will remain stable across Git versions and regardless of user
- configuration. See below for details.
+ configuration. It is recommended to combine this with `-z`.
+ See below for details.
+
+-z::
+ Terminate each line with a NUL rather than a newline when
+ `--porcelain` is specified with `list`. This makes it possible
+ to parse the output when a worktree path contains a newline
+ character.
-q::
--quiet::
@@ -411,7 +418,8 @@ working tree itself.
Porcelain Format
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The porcelain format has a line per attribute. Attributes are listed with a
+The porcelain format has a line per attribute. If `-z` is given then the lines
+are terminated with NUL rather than a newline. Attributes are listed with a
label and value separated by a single space. Boolean attributes (like `bare`
and `detached`) are listed as a label only, and are present only
if the value is true. Some attributes (like `locked`) can be listed as a label
@@ -449,7 +457,7 @@ prunable gitdir file points to non-existent location
------------
-If the lock reason contains "unusual" characters such as newline, they
+Unless `-z` is used any "unusual" characters in the lock reason such as newlines
are escaped and the entire reason is quoted as explained for the
configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
For Example:
@@ -575,35 +575,37 @@ static int add(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
return add_worktree(path, branch, &opts);
}
-static void show_worktree_porcelain(struct worktree *wt)
+static void show_worktree_porcelain(struct worktree *wt, int line_terminator)
{
const char *reason;
- printf("worktree %s\n", wt->path);
+ printf("worktree %s%c", wt->path, line_terminator);
if (wt->is_bare)
- printf("bare\n");
+ printf("bare%c", line_terminator);
else {
- printf("HEAD %s\n", oid_to_hex(&wt->head_oid));
+ printf("HEAD %s%c", oid_to_hex(&wt->head_oid), line_terminator);
if (wt->is_detached)
- printf("detached\n");
+ printf("detached%c", line_terminator);
else if (wt->head_ref)
- printf("branch %s\n", wt->head_ref);
+ printf("branch %s%c", wt->head_ref, line_terminator);
}
reason = worktree_lock_reason(wt);
- if (reason && *reason) {
- struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
- quote_c_style(reason, &sb, NULL, 0);
- printf("locked %s\n", sb.buf);
- strbuf_release(&sb);
- } else if (reason)
- printf("locked\n");
+ if (reason) {
+ fputs("locked", stdout);
+ if (*reason) {
+ fputc(' ', stdout);
+ write_name_quoted(reason, stdout, line_terminator);
+ } else {
+ fputc(line_terminator, stdout);
+ }
+ }
reason = worktree_prune_reason(wt, expire);
if (reason)
- printf("prunable %s\n", reason);
+ printf("prunable %s%c", reason, line_terminator);
- printf("\n");
+ fputc(line_terminator, stdout);
}
static void show_worktree(struct worktree *wt, int path_maxlen, int abbrev_len)
@@ -681,12 +683,15 @@ static void pathsort(struct worktree **wt)
static int list(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
{
int porcelain = 0;
+ int line_terminator = '\n';
struct option options[] = {
OPT_BOOL(0, "porcelain", &porcelain, N_("machine-readable output")),
OPT__VERBOSE(&verbose, N_("show extended annotations and reasons, if available")),
OPT_EXPIRY_DATE(0, "expire", &expire,
N_("add 'prunable' annotation to worktrees older than <time>")),
+ OPT_SET_INT('z', NULL, &line_terminator,
+ N_("terminate records with a NUL character"), '\0'),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -696,6 +701,8 @@ static int list(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
usage_with_options(worktree_usage, options);
else if (verbose && porcelain)
die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"), "--verbose", "--porcelain");
+ else if (!line_terminator && !porcelain)
+ die(_("the option '%s' requires '%s'"), "-z", "--porcelain");
else {
struct worktree **worktrees = get_worktrees();
int path_maxlen = 0, abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV, i;
@@ -708,7 +715,8 @@ static int list(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
for (i = 0; worktrees[i]; i++) {
if (porcelain)
- show_worktree_porcelain(worktrees[i]);
+ show_worktree_porcelain(worktrees[i],
+ line_terminator);
else
show_worktree(worktrees[i], path_maxlen, abbrev);
}
@@ -64,6 +64,25 @@ test_expect_success '"list" all worktrees --porcelain' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success '"list" all worktrees --porcelain -z' '
+ test_when_finished "rm -rf here _actual actual expect &&
+ git worktree prune" &&
+ printf "worktree %sQHEAD %sQbranch %sQQ" \
+ "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)" \
+ $(git rev-parse HEAD --symbolic-full-name HEAD) >expect &&
+ git worktree add --detach here main &&
+ printf "worktree %sQHEAD %sQdetachedQQ" \
+ "$(git -C here rev-parse --show-toplevel)" \
+ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >>expect &&
+ git worktree list --porcelain -z >_actual &&
+ nul_to_q <_actual >actual &&
+ test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success '"list" -z fails without --porcelain' '
+ test_must_fail git worktree list -z
+'
+
test_expect_success '"list" all worktrees with locked annotation' '
test_when_finished "rm -rf locked unlocked out && git worktree prune" &&
git worktree add --detach locked main &&