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Re: [PATCH] commit: quote the user name in the example

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MKMatt Kraai <kraai@ftbfs.org>
Date
Feb 24, 2010, 14:19 UTC
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On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 08:49:23AM +0100, Johannes Sixt wrote:
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> Actually, I would prefer that the suggested command is
> 
>   git config --global user.name "Your Name"
> 
> i.e., with double-quotes, because then the suggestion is also correct for
> Windows users who run git from CMD: in this environment, single-quotes do
> not quote, but double-quotes do.

I've justed submitted a modified version of the patch that uses double-quotes. Thanks for the suggestion.

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  1. commit: quote the user name in the exampleMatt Kraai, Feb 24, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2010
  3. Johannes SixtFeb 24, 2010
  4. commit: quote the user name in the exampleMatt Kraai, Feb 24, 2010
  5. Matt KraaiFeb 24, 2010

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