From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:32:27 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] stash: end commit log with a newline
Message-ID: <20070703143227.GD18597@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707031228460.4071@racer.site>

On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 12:29:42PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> Why not
> 
> 	w_commit=$(echo "WIP on $msg" |
> 
> Hmm? It is shorter and more to the point. IMHO it is also more common.

Because echo cannot reliably reproduce arbitrary strings. See commits:

  a23bfaed..4b7cc26a

You can add this to your list of reasons to rewrite everything in C.

-Peff