1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/bin/chkmanifest b/bin/chkmanifest
index 646f815..8abd8ea 100755
--- a/bin/chkmanifest
+++ b/bin/chkmanifest
@@ -79,14 +79,12 @@ done
 #
 # First get a list of all the pending files with svn stat and
 # check those.
-svn_stat=`svn stat -q`
+svn_stat="$(svn stat -q)"
 for file in $svn_stat; do
-
     # Newly added files are not listed by svn ls, which
-    # we check later.
-
-    # The line listing new files starts with 'A'.
-    letter=`echo $file | head -c 1`
+    # we check below..
+    # The line listing them starts with 'A'.
+    letter="$(echo $file | head -c 1)"
     if [ "$letter" = "A" ]; then
         # Convert the seven Subversion status columns to './' so it matches
         # the manifest file name.
@@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ done
 
 # Next check svn ls, which gets a list of all files that are
 # checked in.
-svn_ls=`svn ls -R`
+svn_ls="$(svn ls -R)"
 for file in $svn_ls; do
     path="./${file}"
     # Ignore directories