From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:03:40 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow '+', '-' and '.' in remote helper names
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1002231402350.3980@intel-tinevez-2-302>
In-Reply-To: <1266928428-19075-1-git-send-email-ilari.liusvaara@elisanet.fi>

Hi,

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Ilari Liusvaara wrote:

> According to relevant RFCs, in addition to alphanumerics, the following
> characters are valid in URL scheme parts: '+', '-' and '.', but
> currently only alphanumerics are allowed in remote helper names.

May I caution against allowing "+" as part of filenames? On Windows, 
thanks to the DOS garb^Wheritage, "+" is not really allowed...

Or maybe I misunderstood the intent of the patch?

Ciao,
Dscho