How to pass files with spaces

[olbrichj]

Hey,

when trying to index files with spaces I get either an "Illegal instruction: 4" or an empty return JSON.

Minimalistic example:
sourcekitten index --file "$(pwd)/Model/Test.swift" --compilerargs -- "$(pwd)/Model/Test.swift $(pwd)/Views/Class SpaceTest/SpaceTest.swift"
{

}

sourcekitten index --file "$(pwd)/Views/Class SpaceTest/SpaceTest.swift" --compilerargs -- "$(pwd)/Views/Class SpaceTest/SpaceTest.swift"
Illegal instruction: 4

As far as I can see it's not able to find the files.

I've already tried different approaches to escape the space. Including "" "\" "_" "-" using '' for the filename.

Do you know which is the right way to escape spaces?

[norio-nomura]

This is a bug of SourceKitten.
I filed a PR #481 that fixes this.

[olbrichj]

Great, thank you! Will I have to escape the spaces then? I guess "" will be necessary right?

[norio-nomura]

Either escape or double quote will be required.

$ echo 'print("space hello")'>space\ hello.swift
$ sourcekitten index --file "space hello.swift" --compilerargs -- "`pwd`/space hello.swift"
{
  "key.dependencies" : [
    {
      "key.filepath" : "\/Applications\/Xcode.app\/Contents\/Developer\/Toolchains\/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain\/usr\/lib\/swift\/macosx\/x86_64\/Swift.swiftmodule",
      "key.hash" : "22NC2OR6IU6GZ",
      "key.is_system" : true,
      "key.kind" : "source.lang.swift.import.module.swift",
      "key.name" : "Swift"
    }
  ],
  "key.entities" : [
    {
      "key.column" : 1,
      "key.kind" : "source.lang.swift.ref.function.free",
      "key.line" : 1,
      "key.name" : "print(_:separator:terminator:)",
      "key.usr" : "s:s5printySayypGd_SS9separatorSS10terminatortF"
    }
  ],
  "key.hash" : "2PH1NRS6GZFLH"
}
$ sourcekitten index --file space\ hello.swift --compilerargs -- `pwd`/space\ hello.swift
{
  "key.dependencies" : [
    {
      "key.filepath" : "\/Applications\/Xcode.app\/Contents\/Developer\/Toolchains\/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain\/usr\/lib\/swift\/macosx\/x86_64\/Swift.swiftmodule",
      "key.hash" : "22NC2OR6IU6GZ",
      "key.is_system" : true,
      "key.kind" : "source.lang.swift.import.module.swift",
      "key.name" : "Swift"
    }
  ],
  "key.entities" : [
    {
      "key.column" : 1,
      "key.kind" : "source.lang.swift.ref.function.free",
      "key.line" : 1,
      "key.name" : "print(_:separator:terminator:)",
      "key.usr" : "s:s5printySayypGd_SS9separatorSS10terminatortF"
    }
  ],
  "key.hash" : "2PH1NRS6GZFLH"
}