At least GNU echo interprets backslashes in its arguments. This triggered at least one bug: the error message of "rebase -i" was turning \t in commit messages into actual tabulations. There may be others. Using "printf '%s\n'" instead avoids this bad behavior, and is the form used by the "say" function. Noticed-by: David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxx> --- git-sh-setup.sh | 2 +- t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh index 7a964ad..e15be51 100644 --- a/git-sh-setup.sh +++ b/git-sh-setup.sh @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ die () { die_with_status () { status=$1 shift - echo >&2 "$*" + printf >&2 '%s\n' "$*" exit "$status" } diff --git a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh index 49ccb38..074deb1 100755 --- a/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh +++ b/t/t3404-rebase-interactive.sh @@ -976,4 +976,17 @@ test_expect_success 'rebase -i with --strategy and -X' ' test $(cat file1) = Z ' +test_expect_success 'rebase -i error on commits with \ in message' ' + current_head=$(git rev-parse HEAD) + test_when_finished "git rebase --abort; git reset --hard $current_head; rm -f error" && + test_commit TO-REMOVE will-conflict old-content && + test_commit "\temp" will-conflict new-content dummy && + ( + EDITOR=true && + export EDITOR && + test_must_fail git rebase -i HEAD^ --onto HEAD^^ 2>error + ) && + grep -v " " error +' + test_done -- 1.8.3.3.797.gb72c616 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html