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Document that inline git commit message arguments should avoid shell-sensitive formatting, especially backticks inside double quotes, and prefer plain text or a message file when exact formatting is required. Co-authored-by: Codex <codex@openai.com>
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I don't think Claude has this bug, so best not to waste tokens on it
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I'm not sure if this is Codex-specific or not, but Codex keeps trying to run
git commit -mwith backticks inside the commit message, and the shell eats up the backticks before it gets to Git. So I thought it might be useful to have something inAGENTS.mdto address this.Alternatively, folks could instead add this content to their global
~/.claude/CLAUDE.mdor~/.codex/AGENTS.md, but I thought it'd be convenient to have it in the repo.🤖 Co-authored-by: Codex.