Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> It is not just "won't apply". What if GIT_DIR had spaces (which >> is fine) and single-quotes in it? Wouldn't it percolate down to >> $@ because it becomes the leading directory of the temporary >> file name? And you quote '"$@"' and eval it, now what happens? > > Ah, I spoke too fast. It is fine --- the shell that actually is > doing the eval then interpolates "$@". Clever. Since eval folds all its arguments into a single string separated by single blanks, actual blanks (which can be multiple or interspersed with newlines) must not yet be seen. The string '"$@"' contains no blanks and thus gets through unmolested. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum - 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
