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bug report: git status --porcelain inconsistent quoting

Subject: bug report: git status --porcelain inconsistent quoting

## tl;dr

One message between Jul 7, 2012 and Jul 7, 2012.

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Leonid Volnitsky· Jul 7, 2012, 20:25 UTC · lore

mkdir D cd D git init Initialized empty Git repository in /tmp/D/.git/ echo 1 > "with space" git status --porcelain ?? with space <------------ NO QOUTES git add with\ space git status --porcelain A "with space" <------------- WITH QOUTES

git --version git version 1.7.9.7

git config -l |grep quote core.quotepath=on

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