try awk instead of sed

transcrypt

@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ git_clean() {
 		if [ "$(is_salt_prefix_workaround_required)" == "true" ]; then
 			# Encrypt the file to base64, ensuring it includes the prefix 'Salted__' with the salt. #133
 			(
-				echo -n "Salted__" && echo -n "$salt" | sed "s/../\\\\x&/g" | xargs -0 printf "%b\n" &&
+				echo -n "Salted__" && echo -n "$salt" | awk '{for(i=1;i<=length;i+=2) printf "%c", strtonum("0x" substr($0, i, 2))}' &&
 					# Encrypt file to binary ciphertext
 					ENC_PASS=$password "$openssl_path" enc -e "-${cipher}" -md MD5 -pass env:ENC_PASS -S "$salt" -in "$tempfile"
 			) |