X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Debian%2FDgit.pm;fp=Debian%2FDgit.pm;h=ba3e6880c55ba1be645b4500344da48ae3d7a77f;hb=8309f23714c0e46e1f6cd94362e57b38ae7db810;hp=edb338ca455a3e9f50405a139518292a1f94931a;hpb=b0f234db94a336e493dea101717fcd9a80a1e1c5;p=dgit.git

diff --git a/Debian/Dgit.pm b/Debian/Dgit.pm
index edb338ca..ba3e6880 100644
--- a/Debian/Dgit.pm
+++ b/Debian/Dgit.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ BEGIN {
                       initdebug enabledebug enabledebuglevel
                       printdebug debugcmd
                       $debugprefix *debuglevel *DEBUG
-                      shellquote printcmd);
+                      shellquote printcmd messagequote);
     # implicitly uses $main::us
     %EXPORT_TAGS = ( policyflags => [qw(NOFFCHECK FRESHREPO)] );
     @EXPORT_OK   = @{ $EXPORT_TAGS{policyflags} };
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@ sub printdebug {
     print DEBUG $debugprefix, @_ or die $! if $debuglevel>0;
 }
 
+sub messagequote ($) {
+    local ($_) = @_;
+    s{\\}{\\\\}g;
+    s{\n}{\\n}g;
+    s{\x08}{\\b}g;
+    s{\t}{\\t}g;
+    s{[\000-\037\177]}{ sprintf "\\x%02x", ord $& }ge;
+    $_;
+}
+
 sub shellquote {
     my @out;
     local $_;