From: Johannes Sixt Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 21:03:55 GMT Subject: Re: Git pathspecs difference in behavior between linux (wsl) and windows Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Am 13.05.21 um 22:08 schrieb Junio C Hamano: > Johannes Sixt 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