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git notes and core.editor config

From
Jeenu V <jeenuv@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 11, 2011, 10:11 UTC
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My core.editor value in $HOME/.gitconfig is set to
  [core]
      editor = vi "+set tw=72 spell"

so that I've text width of 72 with spell check turned on. I haven't found problems with any git commands that invoke editor, but notes. 'git notes' seems to invoke the vi for me with 3 separate arguments instead of just one: "+set, tw=72, and spell". In other words, I don't think it honors shell quoting for editor config variable.

Could this be a bug?
-- 
Jeenu
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