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 #26 received at 9480 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Jambunathan K <kjambunathan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 9480 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eliz <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9480: 24.0.50; (vc-git) stash@{n} - requires shell quoting?
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:39:49 -0400

    sh and bash are apparently one and the same executable.

That is a bad practice -- the file's name should not change its
behavior.  They ought to be two executables.

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