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Bug with URL-decoding

From
Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Date
May 6, 2010, 22:06 UTC
Message-ID
<loom.20100507T000406-241@post.gmane.org>

$ cd /tmp $ mkdir x+y $ cd x+y $ git init $ cd .. $ git clone file:///tmp/x%2By zz # <==== ERROR $ git clone file:///tmp/x+y zz # <====== OK

Funny characters do come up in names, especially in test suites
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Message 1 of 6 in “Bug with URL-decoding”
  1. Dave AbrahamsMay 6, 2010
  2. Jeff KingMay 23, 2010
  3. 1/2 make url-related functions reusableJeff King, May 23, 2010
  4. 2/2 decode file:// and ssh:// URLsJeff King, May 23, 2010
  5. Ilari LiusvaaraMay 27, 2010
  6. Jeff KingMay 30, 2010

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