On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 2:47 PM Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When in a repository containing one or more alternates, Git would > sometimes like to list references from its alternates. For example, 'git > receive-pack' list the objects pointed to by alternate references as > special ".have" references. > [...] > Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/t/t5410-receive-pack.sh b/t/t5410-receive-pack.sh > @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ > +expect_haves () { > + printf "%s .have\n" $(git rev-parse $@) >expect > +} Magic quoting behavior only kicks in when $@ is itself quoted, so this should be: printf "%s .have\n" $(git rev-parse "$@") >expect However, as it's unlikely that you need magic quoting in this case, you might get by with plain $* (unquoted).