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Re: [PATCH] Allow '+', '-' and '.' in remote helper names

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 23, 2010, 14:42 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.1002231541431.3980@intel-tinevez-2-302>
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Hi,
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Erik Faye-Lund wrote:
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> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> wrote:
> > Johannes Schindelin schrieb:
> >> May I caution against allowing "+" as part of filenames? On Windows,
> >> thanks to the DOS garb^Wheritage, "+" is not really allowed...
> >
> > I don't think that's true (and I also think it never was).
> >
> 
> Wikipedia doesn't seem to think so either:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename#Reserved_characters_and_words
Okay, I stand corrected, and therefore gladly retract my objections!

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 7 of 9 in “Allow '+', '-' and '.' in remote helper names”
  1. Allow '+', '-' and '.' in remote helper namesIlari Liusvaara, Feb 23, 2010
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 23, 2010
  3. Sverre RabbelierFeb 23, 2010
  4. Johannes SchindelinFeb 23, 2010
  5. Johannes SixtFeb 23, 2010
  6. Erik Faye-LundFeb 23, 2010
  7. Johannes SchindelinFeb 23, 2010
  8. Paolo BonziniFeb 23, 2010
  9. Gabriel FilionFeb 23, 2010

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