git-am: fix shell quoting

Noticed by Stephan Beyer; the new test is mine.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index 7e6329b14..4beb12dcf 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ sq () {
 	for sqarg
 	do
 		printf "%s" "$sqarg" |
-		sed -e 's/'\''/'\''\'\'''\''/g' -e 's/.*/ '\''&'\''/'
+		sed -e 's/'\''/'\''\\'\'''\''/g' -e 's/.*/ '\''&'\''/'
 	done
 }
 
diff --git a/t/t4252-am-options.sh b/t/t4252-am-options.sh
index e91a6da0d..5fdd18858 100755
--- a/t/t4252-am-options.sh
+++ b/t/t4252-am-options.sh
@@ -58,4 +58,12 @@ test_expect_success 'interrupted am --directory="frotz nitfol"' '
 	grep One "frotz nitfol/file-5"
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'apply to a funny path' '
+	with_sq="with'\''sq"
+	rm -fr .git/rebase-apply &&
+	git reset --hard initial &&
+	git am --directory="$with_sq" "$tm"/am-test-5-2 &&
+	test -f "$with_sq/file-5"
+'
+
 test_done