fix: Avoid double escaping of ProxyCommand on Windows #3664
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I don't have a Windows setup, but I tested this on Linux with the following:
Binary name:
SSH Config:
This shows that neither
\t
, nor\n
are interpreted as tab or newline, so\
doesn't seem to have special meaning when inside""
, but\"
seems necessary to avoid it being interpreted as literal"
.Without
\"
in the ProxyCommand, we get:zsh: unmatched "
.I tried looking through OpenSSH documentation, but could not find specifics as to what happens inside
""
, it simply mentions that""
must be used when there is whitespace in the name.Fixes #2853