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Re: cg-init bug -- identified

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jun 5, 2005, 21:11 UTC
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>>>>> "ZB" == Zack Brown <zbrown@tumblerings.org> writes:
ZB> It turned out one of my files had a "'" in the name, i.e.:

ZB> $ ls ZB> Zack's_file ZB> $

ZB> I removed it, and all of a sudden cg-init worked perfectly.

ZB> Is that a Cogito bug? I would expect git to handle any ZB> filename the filesystem itself can handle.

I'd be very surprised if it were a bug in the core GIT. On the other hand, Cogito, being a bunch of shell scripts, has plenty of pitfalls it can fall in, especially in quoting areas unless it is written reasonably carefully.

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  1. Zack BrownJun 5, 2005
  2. Radoslaw SzkodzinskiJun 5, 2005
  3. Zack BrownJun 5, 2005
  4. Radoslaw SzkodzinskiJun 5, 2005
  5. Petr BaudisJun 5, 2005
  6. Zack BrownJun 5, 2005
  7. Petr BaudisJun 5, 2005
  8. Zack BrownJun 5, 2005
  9. Tommy M. McGuireJun 5, 2005
  10. Tommy M. McGuireJun 5, 2005
  11. Re: cg-init bug -- identifiedTommy M. McGuire, Jun 5, 2005
  12. Make cg-add use xargs -0Dan Holmsand, Jun 5, 2005
  13. Petr BaudisJun 5, 2005
  14. Zack BrownJun 5, 2005
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2005

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