Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] t1500: avoid changing working directory outside of tests

> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> > Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
> >> +                     git ${dir:+-C "$dir"} rev-parse --$o >actual &&
> >
> > This is kosher POSIX, but I vaguely recall some shells had trouble
> > with the SP between -C and "$dir" in the past.  Let's see if anybody
> > screams; hopefully I am misremembering or buggy shells died out.
> 
> I also am bothered by a vague recollection of some issue (possibly
> involving the internal space and lack of quotes around the entire
> ${...}), but couldn't remember nor find a reference to the specific
> details. Perhaps someone reading the patch has a better memory than I.