Re: [PATCH] sh-setup: work around "unset IFS" bug in some shells

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> +# Similarly for IFS, but some shells (e.g. FreeBSD 7.2) are buggy and
> +# do not equate an unset IFS with IFS with the default, so here is
> +# an explicit SP HT LF.
> +IFS=' 	
> +'

Trailing whitespace can easily get lost, so it's probably better to
stick a '' in here.  The sequence <space><tab> is also easily being
mangled to <tab>.

IFS=' ''	''
'

Andreas.

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