v1 was here:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2018-October/msg00047.html
v2 was here:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2018-October/msg00051.html
v3:
- Back to using string/string_format and attribute/attribute_format.
- Add both single_element and single_element_format.
- Rebased and retested.
Rich.