From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 21:38:44 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/2] t5615-alternate-env: double-quotes in file names do not work on Windows
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1612222237530.155951@virtualbox>
In-Reply-To: <54ba9cff-b6f7-7660-261f-393cd5181da6@kdbg.org>

Hi Hannes,

On Thu, 22 Dec 2016, Johannes Sixt wrote:

> Am 22.12.2016 um 07:13 schrieb Johannes Sixt:
> > Am 21.12.2016 um 23:42 schrieb Jeff King:
> > > Hmph. I explicitly avoided a colon in the filename so that it would
> > > run on MINGW. Is a double-quote also not allowed?
> >
> > It is not allowed; that was my conclusion. But now that you ask, I'll
> > double-check.
> 
> Ok, the point is that I get this error:
> 
> mv: cannot move `one.git' to `"one.git'
> 
> I don't feel inclined to find out which of 'mv' or the Windows API or
> the NTFS driver prevents the double-quotes and come up with a
> work-around just to get the test to run in some form. Let's leave it at
> the !MINGW prerequisite.

Double-quotes are not allowed in file names in Windows. NTFS would allow
them just fine.

Ciao,
Dscho