@@ -280,10 +280,16 @@ func configSSH() *cobra.Command {
280280"\t LogLevel ERROR" ,
281281)
282282if ! skipProxyCommand {
283+ // In SSH configs, strings inside "" are interpreted literally and there
284+ // is no need to e.g. escape backslashes (common on Windows platforms).
285+ // We will escape the quotes, though.
286+ escapedBinaryFile := strings .ReplaceAll (binaryFile ,"\" " ,"\\ \" " )
283287if ! wireguard {
284- configOptions = append (configOptions ,fmt .Sprintf ("\t ProxyCommand %q --global-config %q ssh --stdio %s" ,binaryFile ,root ,hostname ))
288+ //nolint:gocritic // We don't want to use %q here, see above.
289+ configOptions = append (configOptions ,fmt .Sprintf ("\t ProxyCommand\" %s\" --global-config\" %s\" ssh --stdio %s" ,escapedBinaryFile ,root ,hostname ))
285290}else {
286- configOptions = append (configOptions ,fmt .Sprintf ("\t ProxyCommand %q --global-config %q ssh --wireguard --stdio %s" ,binaryFile ,root ,hostname ))
291+ //nolint:gocritic // We don't want to use %q here, see above.
292+ configOptions = append (configOptions ,fmt .Sprintf ("\t ProxyCommand\" %s\" --global-config\" %s\" ssh --wireguard --stdio %s" ,escapedBinaryFile ,root ,hostname ))
287293}
288294}
289295