You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
1Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Bash SafetyArea: what it touches
ImprovementsKind: in v2.1.309,
ImprovementsSection of the release
Unclear It is not clear whether seeing $$ makes a command more or less likely to need permission.
What
Before running a shell command, Claude Code reads it to decide whether it needs your permission. That reader now understands two more pieces of shell syntax:
$'...': treated as a quoted string, with backslash escapes inside it honoured. Before, only " and ' started a quote.
$$: now recognised and flagged.
Why
Reading commands correctly matters for permission checks, since a misread command can be judged wrongly.
How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear whether seeing `$$` makes a command more or less likely to need permission.
