When a project has spaces (%20) in its repository url, there are no new releases found.

This is because `drush_shell_exec()` parses the arguments through sprintf. So when `sprintf` encounters %20 in the command string, it looks for the 20th argument which is obviously not there ;-).

Also see the drush api documenation on http://drupalcontrib.org/api/drupal/contributions--drush--includes--exec.inc/function/drush_shell_exec/7 which documents the parameter `$cmd`.

I submitted a pull-request which solves this: https://github.com/developmentseed/FeatureServer/pull/15.

Start with drush_shell_exec() and the linked pull request, using the referenced Drush API documentation to understand the documented $cmd parameter. Compare the proposed behavior for repository URLs containing %20 and verify that new releases are found.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.