Hi everyone, I stumbled on this: config file: [filter "kicad_sch"] clean = sed -E 's/#(PWR|FLG)[0-9]+/#\1?/' smudge = cat Then in the shell: ± git add -u sed -E 's/: 1: sed -E 's/: Syntax error: Unterminated quoted string error: external filter sed -E 's/ failed 2 error: external filter sed -E 's/ failed It seems that the # is used for end-of-line comments and can not be escaped, even in quotes or backslash. JN -- 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