From: Alexandre Remy Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 21:17:13 GMT Subject: Re: Git pathspecs difference in behavior between linux (wsl) and windows Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Yep, I know, no problem. The primary subject is closed. thank you. Le jeu. 13 mai 2021 à 23:03, Johannes Sixt a écrit : > > Am 13.05.21 um 22:08 schrieb Junio C Hamano: > > Johannes Sixt writes: > > > >> Am 13.05.21 um 11:31 schrieb Alexandre Remy: > >>> I have an additional question, does double-quotes be safely used in > >>> both windows (that's ok) and linux shell for pathspecs (git status -- > >>> "src/test.js") in case of spaces in the path? > >> > >> They can be used in both POSIX shell and Windows CMD and, I would > >> assume, also in the PowerShell. Note though, that there are subtle > >> differences when other special characters occur between double-quotes, > >> notably the backslash. Please use your favorite search engine to learn more. > > > > And a dollar sign, in addition to the backslash? > > Granted, there's not a subtle, but a big difference how the dollar sign > is treated ;) but I don't want to write a tutorial here. Hence, my hint > towards a search engine. > > -- Hannes