From: Jean-Noël Avila Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 10:14:42 GMT Subject: [BUG] can not escape sharps in git config file Message-ID: <57442992.6030306@gmail.com> Hi everyone, I stumbled on this: config file: [filter "kicad_sch"] clean = sed -E 's/#(PWR|FLG)[0-9]+/#\1?/' smudge = cat Then in the shell: ± git add -u sed -E 's/: 1: sed -E 's/: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string error: external filter sed -E 's/ failed 2 error: external filter sed -E 's/ failed It seems that the # is used for end-of-line comments and can not be escaped, even in quotes or backslash. JN