On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:26:36 -0400
Shawn H Corey <[email protected]> wrote:

> git ls-files -z | xargs -0 grep 'function_name'

> The -z separates the names with a ASCII NUL and the -0 (minus zero)
> allows xarg to read them correctly. This is useful if the files have
> spaces in their names.

Thank you, Git developers. :(

"find" uses -print0.  "xargs" uses -0.  So of *course* git-ls-files uses
-z.  (And -0 isn't already being used for something else.)

Gaaaah.

Regards,

Dianne.
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