Re: [PATCH] rebase-i-exec: Allow space in SHELL_PATH

> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 07:03:19AM +0100, Fredrik Medley wrote:
>
>> On Windows, when Git is installed under "C:\Program Files\Git", SHELL_PATH
>> will include a space. Fix "git rebase --interactive --exec" so that it
>> works with spaces in SHELL_PATH.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Fredrik Medley <fredrik.medley@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  git-rebase--interactive.sh | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
>> index 30edb17..b938a6d 100644
>> --- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
>> +++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
>> @@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ do_next () {
>>               read -r command rest < "$todo"
>>               mark_action_done
>>               printf 'Executing: %s\n' "$rest"
>> -             ${SHELL:-@SHELL_PATH@} -c "$rest" # Actual execution
>> +             "${SHELL:-@SHELL_PATH@}" -c "$rest" # Actual execution
>
> I think this is the right thing to do (at least I could not think of a
> case that would be harmed by it, and it certainly fixes your case). It
> looks like filter-branch would need a similar fix?
>
> I think this still isn't resilient to weird meta-characters in the
> @SHELL_PATH@, but as this is a build-time option, I think it's OK to let
> people who do
>
>   make SHELL_PATH='}"; rm -rf /'
>
> hang themselves.
>
> -Peff