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Re: [PATCH] Describe the bug about handling non-Ascii filenames in 'git add -i'

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Apr 2, 2008, 17:18 UTC
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<7vy77w89a5.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
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<20080402170646.GA12711@mithlond.arda.local>

This is not limited to non-ascii. You would also need to warn about HT, LF and double-quotes in the filenames.

I'd call this a limitation, though.
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  7. Describe the bug about handling non-Ascii filenames in 'git add -i'Teemu Likonen, Apr 2, 2008
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