rev-parse: add --sq-quote to shell quote arguments

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

2 files changed, 49 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 52c353e67..4bbdd056d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	Only meaningful in `--parseopt` mode. Tells the option parser to echo
 	out the first `--` met instead of skipping it.
 
+--sq-quote::
+	Use 'git-rev-parse' in shell quoting mode (see SQ-QUOTE
+	section below). In contrast to the `--sq` option below, this
+	mode does only quoting. Nothing else is done to command input.
+
 --revs-only::
 	Do not output flags and parameters not meant for
 	'git-rev-list' command.
@@ -64,7 +69,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	properly quoted for consumption by shell.  Useful when
 	you expect your parameter to contain whitespaces and
 	newlines (e.g. when using pickaxe `-S` with
-	'git-diff-\*').
+	'git-diff-\*'). In contrast to the `--sq-quote` option,
+	the command input is still interpreted as usual.
 
 --not::
 	When showing object names, prefix them with '{caret}' and
@@ -406,6 +412,33 @@ C?        option C with an optional argument"
 eval `echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?`
 ------------
 
+SQ-QUOTE
+--------
+
+In `--sq-quote` mode, 'git-rev-parse' echoes on the standard output a
+single line suitable for `sh(1)` `eval`. This line is made by
+normalizing the arguments following `--sq-quote`. Nothing other than
+quoting the arguments is done.
+
+If you want command input to still be interpreted as usual by
+'git-rev-parse' before the output is shell quoted, see the `--sq`
+option.
+
+Example
+~~~~~~~
+
+------------
+$ cat >your-git-script.sh <<\EOF
+#!/bin/sh
+args=$(git rev-parse --sq-quote "$@")   # quote user-supplied arguments
+command="git frotz -n24 $args"          # and use it inside a handcrafted
+					# command line
+eval "$command"
+EOF
+
+$ sh your-git-script.sh "a b'c"
+------------
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
diff --git a/builtin-rev-parse.c b/builtin-rev-parse.c
index 22c6d6ad1..c5b3d6e31 100644
--- a/builtin-rev-parse.c
+++ b/builtin-rev-parse.c
@@ -402,6 +402,18 @@ static int cmd_parseopt(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int cmd_sq_quote(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	if (argc)
+		sq_quote_argv(&buf, argv, 0);
+	printf("%s\n", buf.buf);
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void die_no_single_rev(int quiet)
 {
 	if (quiet)
@@ -419,6 +431,9 @@ int cmd_rev_parse(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (argc > 1 && !strcmp("--parseopt", argv[1]))
 		return cmd_parseopt(argc - 1, argv + 1, prefix);
 
+	if (argc > 1 && !strcmp("--sq-quote", argv[1]))
+		return cmd_sq_quote(argc - 2, argv + 2);
+
 	prefix = setup_git_directory();
 	git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {