> Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
>> It is way common for git branches to feature slashes in their names.
>> This patch modifies a sed invocation in Makefile.am to use a different
>> command delimiter.
>>
>
> Are there any characters that are actually not allowed in Git branch
> names or do I need to revise those commands a bit more?
>From git-check-ref-format(1):
5. They cannot have question-mark ?, asterisk *, or open bracket [
anywhere. See the --refspec-pattern option below for an exception
to this rule.
...
10. They cannot contain a \.
So I guess *, \ or ? are safe options for the sed rule :)
