Subject: [PATCH] quiltimport: fix backslash expansion in patch subjects

From: Sasha Levin <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 12:55:31 -0400

echo interprets backslash sequences, so a patch with "\0" in its
subject has that expanded into a NUL byte, which git commit-tree
rejects.

Use printf '%s\n' instead, which doesn't interpret the string.

Also quote $tmp_dir to handle paths with spaces.

Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email-masked]>
---
 git-quiltimport.sh | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-quiltimport.sh b/git-quiltimport.sh
index eb34cda409..38302d28c9 100755
--- a/git-quiltimport.sh
+++ b/git-quiltimport.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ tmp_info="$tmp_dir/info"
 # Find the initial commit
 commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
-mkdir $tmp_dir || exit 2
+mkdir "$tmp_dir" || exit 2
 while read patch_name level garbage <&3
 do
 	case "$patch_name" in ''|'#'*) continue;; esac
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ do
 		echo "$patch_name doesn't exist. Skipping."
 		continue
 	fi
-	echo $patch_name
+	printf '%s\n' "$patch_name"
 	git mailinfo $MAILINFO_OPT "$tmp_msg" "$tmp_patch" \
 		<"$QUILT_PATCHES/$patch_name" >"$tmp_info" || exit 3
 	test -s "$tmp_patch" || {
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ do
 	SUBJECT=$(sed -ne 's/Subject: //p' "$tmp_info")
 	export GIT_AUTHOR_DATE SUBJECT
 	if [ -z "$SUBJECT" ] ; then
-		SUBJECT=$(echo $patch_name | sed -e 's/.patch$//')
+		SUBJECT=$(printf '%s' "$patch_name" | sed -e 's/.patch$//')
 	fi
 
 	if [ -z "$dry_run" ] ; then
 		git apply --index -C1 ${level:+"$level"} "$tmp_patch" &&
 		tree=$(git write-tree) &&
-		commit=$( { echo "$SUBJECT"; echo; cat "$tmp_msg"; } | git commit-tree $tree -p $commit) &&
+		commit=$( { printf '%s\n' "$SUBJECT"; echo; cat "$tmp_msg"; } | git commit-tree $tree -p $commit) &&
 		git update-ref -m "quiltimport: $patch_name" HEAD $commit || exit 4
 	fi
 done 3<"$QUILT_SERIES"
-rm -rf $tmp_dir || exit 5
+rm -rf "$tmp_dir" || exit 5

base-commit: 795c338de725e13bd361214c6b768019fc45a2c1
-- 
2.51.0