Re: [PATCH 1/2] Move the pick_author code to git-sh-setup

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

That is well possible. Quoting in shell is such a hassle, and I never seem 
to get it right.

Therefore I did a minimal test,...

So I thought that it was okay.

Try the small test script in the message you are responding to.
It gives me:

        $ sh ./1.sh
        A= d e
        B= d  e

A quick rule of thumb is that the only place that you can get
away by not quoting is straight assignment to another variable,
like so:

	var='a  b c '
        another=$var	;# another="$var" is fine but unnecessary.

Similarly for

	another=$(some command)

which is Ok not to dquote.