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[PATCH] bash: Properly quote the GIT_DIR at all times to fix subdirectory paths with spaces

From
Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>
Date
Mar 9, 2008, 03:10 UTC
Message-ID
<1205032248-29246-1-git-send-email-kevin@sb.org>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>
---
 contrib/completion/git-completion.bash |    8 ++++----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 49e6df0..81e40e4 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -75,17 +75,17 @@ __git_ps1 ()
 		elif [ -f "$g/.dotest-merge/interactive" ]
 		then
 			r="|REBASE-i"
-			b="$(cat $g/.dotest-merge/head-name)"
+			b="$(cat "$g/.dotest-merge/head-name")"
 		elif [ -d "$g/.dotest-merge" ]
 		then
 			r="|REBASE-m"
-			b="$(cat $g/.dotest-merge/head-name)"
+			b="$(cat "$g/.dotest-merge/head-name")"
 		elif [ -f "$g/MERGE_HEAD" ]
 		then
 			r="|MERGING"
 			b="$(git symbolic-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null)"
 		else
-			if [ -f $g/BISECT_LOG ]
+			if [ -f "$g/BISECT_LOG" ]
 			then
 				r="|BISECTING"
 			fi
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ __git_ps1 ()
 			then
 				if ! b="$(git describe --exact-match HEAD 2>/dev/null)"
 				then
-					b="$(cut -c1-7 $g/HEAD)..."
+					b="$(cut -c1-7 "$g/HEAD")..."
 				fi
 			fi
 		fi
-- 
1.5.4.3.487.g1eab2.dirty
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  1. bash: Properly quote the GIT_DIR at all times to fix subdirectory paths with spacesKevin Ballard, Mar 9, 2008

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