From: Jeff King <hidden> Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:19
On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 12:29:42PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
Why not
w_commit=$(echo "WIP on $msg" |
Hmm? It is shorter and more to the point. IMHO it is also more common.
Because echo cannot reliably reproduce arbitrary strings. See commits:
a23bfaed..4b7cc26a
You can add this to your list of reasons to rewrite everything in C.
-Peff