--- //.git/fs/object/56af50dd9eeacd922da1ff01620d282a685aa486/tree/sys/src/cmd/git/compat
+++ sys/src/cmd/git/compat
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 
 fn die {
 	>[1=2] echo git $_cmdname: $*
-	exit $_cmdname: $*
+	exit $_cmdname:^' '^$"*
 }
 
 _cmdname=$1