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Subject: Re: filenames with " b" in them create confusing git diff-tree output
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:50:12 -0700
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> Some maybe we should have some generic method of asking for any filename 
> to be quoted in particular ways?

Probably, especially if you notice there has been a separate
thread whose title begins with a word "Stupid".