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Re: [PATCH] git-parse-remote: fix ambiguous shell bug in expand_refs_wildcard

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HXHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date
Dec 19, 2006, 00:35 UTC
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<20061219003557.GA17799@gondor.apana.org.au>
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<20061218224505.GB13034@coredump.intra.peff.net>
On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 05:45:05PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
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> 
> but doing it inside an interpolated string doesn't:
> 
> $ foo=bar}
> $ echo "${foo%'}'}"
> bar}'}

Yes it's a bug in dash. Both quote marks (" and ') are represented by the same char internally before processing which is where the mix-up occurs.

I'll work on a fix.
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  1. git-parse-remote: fix ambiguous shell bug in expand_refs_wildcardJeff King, Dec 18, 2006
  2. Jeff KingDec 18, 2006
  3. Jeff KingDec 18, 2006
  4. Herbert XuDec 19, 2006
  5. Herbert XuMay 5, 2007
  6. Jeff KingMay 7, 2007
  7. Herbert XuMay 7, 2007

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