GNU bug report logs - #9480
24.0.50; (vc-git) stash@{n} - requires shell quoting?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:15:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 9784

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Antoine Levitt <antoine.levitt <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9480: 24.0.50; (vc-git) stash@{n} - requires shell quoting?
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:50:56 +0200

12/09/11 13:22, Jambunathan K
>> Yes, I see the problem, but now I wonder how come users of Posix
>> platforms didn't see it.  Does it happen if your shell-file-name is
>> set to "sh", not "bash" (assuming the Cygwin Bash comes with such an
>> executable or a link)?
>
> sh and bash are apparently one and the same executable.

Bash runs in sh compatibility mode when invoked with "sh". From man bash:

       If bash is invoked with the name sh, it tries to mimic the
       startup behavior of historical versions of sh as closely as
       possible, while conforming to the POSIX standard as well.
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