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From: Linus Arver <linusa@google.com>
To: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Ruben Ticehurst-James <rs_ticehurstjames@apple.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, git-security@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: "git commit -m" bug
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:38:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <owly1qhs97fc.fsf@fine.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230630-staid-welcome-howl-da79f0@meerkat>

Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 02:30:55PM +0100, 'Ruben Ticehurst-James' via Git Security wrote:
>> Hello I am reporting a (potential) bug in git: 
>> 
>> when I use triple exclamation marks in a commit message (for an example):
>> 
>> git commit -m “WORKING!!! WOOOO” (command above was git add .)
>> 
>> or 
>> 
>> git commit -m "Checking !!! Git” (command above was ls)
>> 
>> It will instead copy over the last command I used. The two above commands produce this output: 
>
> This is done by your shell (bash). For example, try this:
>
> echo "hello"
> echo "hello!!"
>
> -K

@Ruben: For completeness, if you use single quotes the exclamantion
points should stay as-is (double quotes expand variables and special
things like `!!`, but single quotes do not).

Cheers,
Linus

      reply	other threads:[~2023-06-30 17:38 UTC|newest]

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     [not found] <5C7CF0D9-4C6F-4207-BA4B-8AC9B472BD75@apple.com>
2023-06-30 14:17 ` "git commit -m" bug Konstantin Ryabitsev
2023-06-30 17:38   ` Linus Arver [this message]

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