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Re: [BUG?] Spaces not allowed in directory names in .git/info/attributes

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 25, 2016, 21:56 UTC
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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:
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> Maybe bring back [1] (cquoting paths) and optionally optionally with
> backslash escaping? The conclusion at the end of that thread seems to
> be "ok, we may break rare setups, we just need to be upfront about
> it". Another option is the pathspec way: match quotes literally as
> well.
>
> [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/160597/focus=160720

I coaxed the ancient patch that was done in the 1.7.2 timeperiod and will push out the result near the tip of jc/attr topic that has been cooking in 'pu'.

Thanks.
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  1. Nathan CollinsMay 23, 2016
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2016
  3. Duy NguyenMay 24, 2016
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 25, 2016
  6. Nathan CollinsMay 24, 2016

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