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Wonderful how team fully recognizes that the use_shell option is a massive security footgun. So they warn users. In a separate document, not linked from the option’s documentation. Never mind not explaining which characters are ok, so users are bound to get it wrong.

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Protip: if you need more than a paragraph of text to describe how a feature is used securely, then maybe you shouldn’t have that feature in the first place. If you need more than a sentence, there should probably be a huge ā€œDo not use unless you know what you are doing!ā€ warning.

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