Re: Git pathspecs difference in behavior between linux (wsl) and windows

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: May 13, 2021, 21:03 UTC
Message-ID: <dbf1e10c-c43c-3293-61b7-eff5fceecb84@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqeeeabdml.fsf@gitster.g>

Am 13.05.21 um 22:08 schrieb Junio C Hamano:

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> Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> 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