From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C19F1205C9 for ; Sat, 10 Dec 2016 10:27:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752704AbcLJK1B (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Dec 2016 05:27:01 -0500 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:54608 "EHLO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752203AbcLJK1A (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Dec 2016 05:27:00 -0500 Received: (qmail 6583 invoked by uid 109); 10 Dec 2016 10:27:00 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Sat, 10 Dec 2016 10:27:00 +0000 Received: (qmail 25783 invoked by uid 111); 10 Dec 2016 10:27:39 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Sat, 10 Dec 2016 05:27:39 -0500 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 10 Dec 2016 05:26:57 -0500 Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 05:26:57 -0500 From: Jeff King To: Klaus Ethgen Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BUG] Colon in remote urls Message-ID: <20161210102657.ateotzowgek7bjuc@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20161209140215.qlam6bexm5irpro2@ikki.ethgen.ch> <20161209152219.ehfk475vdg4levop@sigill.intra.peff.net> <88bed7c9-4d5d-45d5-5d13-6a8ae834e602@kdbg.org> <20161210082657.zjp52a2zdtqifmg3@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20161210094133.7htkb6cmjuhkdh4v@ikki.ethgen.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161210094133.7htkb6cmjuhkdh4v@ikki.ethgen.ch> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 10:41:33AM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > Am Sa den 10. Dez 2016 um 9:26 schrieb Jeff King: > > Yeah, I picked it arbitrarily as the common quoting character, but I > > agree it probably makes backwards compatibility (and general usability > > when you have to double-backslash each instance) pretty gross on > > Windows. > > Well, I don't know of many people using the original git on windows. > Most of them using some graphical third-party tools. I laid out options for addressing the problem elsewhere, but I want to make clear that this line of reasoning is not likely to get any traction here. Git for Windows is a non-trivial part of the user base, and we do care about avoiding regressions there. -Peff