Martin Ågren wrote: > On Fri, 14 May 2021 at 00:00, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The proposed log message did not explain why you wanted to avoid > > double-quote pair on the "cat-file" line. Is this meant as a > > workaround for the "single quotes are shown around git cat-file" > > issue? > > Hmm, I've somehow tended to think that it's 'git foo' the tool and `git > foo --bar baz` the actual invocation. SQs for the former, backticks for > the latter. Like, `git cat-file` is not a correct invocation of 'git > cat-file'. But I think I'm starting to see the error in my ways -- > CodingGuidelines says to use backticks around command names, so it > really should be `git cat-file`. And changing that might just happen to > avoid the issue that triggered this patch. Hmmm. `git status`, `git branch`, `git diff`, `git log`. All these are both "tools" **and** invocations. In fact, you an pretty much "invoke" any thing: `git checkout` might not do anything... But it runs. -- Felipe Contreras
