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commit ef1a217b
Author: Romain Courteaud <romain@nexedi.com>
Date:   Tue Oct 11 10:01:10 2011 +0200

    Escape $$ character to $.

    Do not escape when fetching dependency values.

commit 8232c9aa
Author: Antoine Catton <acatton@tiolive.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 10 09:57:12 2011 +0200

    Add tests for dollar sign escaping