Re: [PATCH] git-mv: fully detect 'directory moved into itself'

Josef Weidendorfer [off-list ref] writes:

This is a corrected version.

On Monday 28 November 2005 07:54, Matthias Urlichs wrote:

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Hi, Josef Weidendorfer wrote:

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+    if (($bad eq "") && ($dst =~ /^$src\//)) {

That should be

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+    if (($bad eq "") && ($dst =~ /^\Q$src\E\//)) {

otherwise you will mistakenly match "foo-bar" with "foo.bar".

Ah, thanks.
You never end learning.

Why not use $safesrc you already have for this exact purpose?