Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2016-06-15

Re: [PATCH] launch_editor(): allow spaces in the filename

From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:44:22

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:
For some reason, the construct

	sh -c "$0 \"$@\"" <editor> <file>

does not pick up quotes in <editor> as expected.  So replace $0 with
<editor>.

This fixes

	git config core.editor "c:/Program Files/What/Ever.exe"
Having sent a few messages about shell quoting, it makes me wonder if this
was done very deliberately in the first place, so that you can do things
like:

	git config core.editor "emacs -nw"

Blame followed by list archive hunting around that timeperiod would tell.
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