In order to echo a tab character, it's better to use printf instead of "echo -e", because it's more portable (for instance, "echo -e" doesn't work as expected on a Mac). This solves the "fatal: Not a valid object name" error in git-filter-branch when using the --state-branch option. Furthermore, let's switch from "/bin/echo" to just "echo", so that the built-in echo command is used where available. Signed-off-by: Michele Locati <michele@xxxxxxxxx> --- git-filter-branch.sh | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh index 1b7e4b2cd..98c76ec58 100755 --- a/git-filter-branch.sh +++ b/git-filter-branch.sh @@ -627,12 +627,12 @@ then print H "$_:$f\n" or die; } close(H) or die;' || die "Unable to save state") - state_tree=$(/bin/echo -e "100644 blob $state_blob\tfilter.map" | git mktree) + state_tree=$(printf '100644 blob %s\tfilter.map\n' "$state_blob" | git mktree) if test -n "$state_commit" then - state_commit=$(/bin/echo "Sync" | git commit-tree "$state_tree" -p "$state_commit") + state_commit=$(echo "Sync" | git commit-tree "$state_tree" -p "$state_commit") else - state_commit=$(/bin/echo "Sync" | git commit-tree "$state_tree" ) + state_commit=$(echo "Sync" | git commit-tree "$state_tree" ) fi git update-ref "$state_branch" "$state_commit" fi -- 2.16.2.windows.1
