# [PATCH] git-clone: quote destination directory name

1 messages from 2005-11-11 to 2005-11-11. Participants: Pavel Roskin.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/2446

## Pavel Roskin, 2005-11-11 05:19

Subject: [PATCH] git-clone: quote destination directory name
Message-ID: <1131686344.31172.24.camel@dv>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1131686344.31172.24.camel%40dv

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git-clone doesn't quote the full path to the destination directory,
which causes it to fail if the path contains spaces or other characters
interpreted by the shell.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>

diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index 4fdd652..0f37dff 100755
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ yes,yes)
 			rm -f "$D/.git/TMP_ALT"
 		if test -f "$D/.git/TMP_ALT"
 		then
-		    ( cd $D &&
+		    ( cd "$D" &&
 		      . git-parse-remote &&
 		      resolve_alternates "$repo" <"./.git/TMP_ALT" ) |
 		    while read alt
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ yes,yes)
 	;;
 esac
 
-cd $D || exit
+cd "$D" || exit
 
 if test -f ".git/HEAD"
 then


-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin

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