Am 09.12.2016 um 16:22 schrieb Jeff King:

+const char *parse_alt_odb_entry(const char *string, int sep,
+				struct strbuf *out)
+{
+	const char *p;
+	int literal = 0;
+
+	strbuf_reset(out);
+
+	for (p = string; *p; p++) {
+		if (literal) {
+			strbuf_addch(out, *p);
+			literal = 0;
+		} else {
+			if (*p == '\\')
+				literal = 1;

There are too many systems out there that use a backslash in path names. 
I don't think it is wise to use it also as the quoting character.

+			else if (*p == sep)
+				return p + 1;
+			else
+				strbuf_addch(out, *p);
+		}
+	}
+	return p;
+}

-- Hannes