Re: [PATCH 2/2] tmp-objdir: quote paths we add to alternates

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Dec 12, 2016, 20:53 UTC
Message-ID: <d83cd58f-9b52-cbc5-04dd-5aafe2822533@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <20161212195355.znqlu44lgnke3ltc@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Am 12.12.2016 um 20:53 schrieb Jeff King:

> Johannes, please let me know if I am wrong about skipping the test on
> !MINGW.

Thanks for being considerate. The !MINGW prerequisite is required for the test as written.

> The appropriate check there would be ";" anyway, but I am not
> sure _that_ is allowed in paths, either.

That was also my line of thought. I tested earlier today whether a file name can have ";", and the OS did not reject it bluntly. Let me see whether I can adjust the test case for Windows.

-- Hannes

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