Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > We need to play some shell tricks to be able to pass directory names > which contain spaces and/or quotes. > > Signed-off-by: Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > I'm thinking your sed line doesn't do what you think it does. > > You probably want something like: > > bss@monster:~$ echo "don't" | sed -e "s/'/'\\\\''/g" > > don'\''t > > Thanks, I clearly did not test this well enough. > > git-am.sh | 8 +++++--- > 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh > index aa60261..3baff4e 100755 > --- a/git-am.sh > +++ b/git-am.sh > @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ s,signoff add a Signed-off-by line to the commit message > u,utf8 recode into utf8 (default) > k,keep pass -k flag to git-mailinfo > whitespace= pass it through git-apply > +directory= pass it through git-apply Shouldn't it be + directory= pass it through git-apply to have it aligned like the rest of it? By the way, your patch looks whitespace damaged, although only context for the above chunk was wrapped... > C= pass it through git-apply > p= pass it through git-apply > resolvemsg= override error message when patch failure occurs > @@ -155,8 +156,9 @@ do > ;; > --resolvemsg) > shift; resolvemsg=$1 ;; > - --whitespace) > - git_apply_opt="$git_apply_opt $1=$2"; shift ;; > + --whitespace|--directory) > + quot=$(echo "$2" | sed -e "s/'/'\\\''/g") Why not simply use "git rev-parse --sq"? > + git_apply_opt="$git_apply_opt $1='$quot'"; shift ;; > -C|-p) > git_apply_opt="$git_apply_opt $1$2"; shift ;; > --) > @@ -454,7 +456,7 @@ do > > case "$resolved" in > '') > - git apply $git_apply_opt --index "$dotest/patch" > + eval git apply $git_apply_opt --index '"$dotest/patch"' Why eval? > apply_status=$? > ;; > t) > -- > 1.6.1.rc1.45.g123ed.dirty Hmmm... -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git -- 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