[Bug]: dotfile vars don't correctly handle spaces #2809
Description
What did you expect to happen?
I'd expect that values containing a space (or perhaps other special characters such as quotes) are properly handled/escaped, such that you can do:
$ atuin dotfiles var set FOO 'hello there'
# open new shell
$ echo "$FOO"
hello thereWhat happened?
If I set a dotfiles var with a value containing a space, the resultant value that gets set/exported to my shell is incorrect. The value is stored correctly as shown in atuin dotfiles var list, it just doesn't correctly escape values in the shell.
For example:
$ atuin dotfiles var set FOO 'hello there'
$ atuin dotfiles var list
export FOO=hello there
# open new shell
$ atuin init zsh
# >8 snip
export FOO=hello there
$ echo "$FOO"
helloAtuin doctor output
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Please include the output below with any bug reports or issues
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"version": "18.6.1",
"sync": {
"cloud": false,
"records": true,
"auto_sync": true,
"last_sync": "2025-07-05 16:54:01.240302164 +00:00:00"
},
"sqlite_version": "3.46.0"
},
"shell": {
"name": "zsh",
"default": "zsh",
"plugins": [
"atuin"
],
"preexec": "built-in"
},
"system": {
"os": "EndeavourOS",
"arch": "x86_64",
"version": "rolling",
"disks": [
{
"name": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
"filesystem": "btrfs"
},
{
"name": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
"filesystem": "btrfs"
},
{
"name": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
"filesystem": "btrfs"
},
{
"name": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
"filesystem": "btrfs"
},
{
"name": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
"filesystem": "btrfs"
},
{
"name": "/dev/nvme0n1p1",
"filesystem": "vfat"
}
]
}
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