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bin\git-changelog: line 611: "C:\\Program: No such file or directory

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Description

in mingw64

asd@asd-PC MINGW64 ~/Downloads/app note/a/cuda_find_in_filesJ (master)
$ git changelog -a
C:\Program Files\Git\mingw64\bin\git-changelog: line 611: "C:\\Program: No such file or directory

caught signal, shutting down
Usage: awk [POSIX or GNU style options] -f progfile [--] file ...
Usage: awk [POSIX or GNU style options] [--] 'program' file ...
POSIX options:          GNU long options: (standard)
        -f progfile             --file=progfile
        -F fs                   --field-separator=fs

...

but it actually output a history.md success...

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Research direction

Start with bin/git-changelog at line 611 and reproduce the reported command, git changelog -a, under Mingw64 on a path containing spaces. Inspect the generated history.md alongside the quoted-path and awk errors. Done means the command completes without those errors while retaining the successful history.md output.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
git, shell
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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