Michele Locati <michele@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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> > --- Thanks; will queue. > 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
