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Sometimes I feel the urge to put some more expressiveness in my git commit messages. Unfortunately bash does not seem to like this.
iblue@silence ~/git/wargames $ git commit -m "Frustrating <insert object of frustration here>!"
-bash: !": event not found
Escaping with a backslash helps, but this includes the backslash in the commit message.
How do I escape the exclamation mark in bash correctly?
Exclamation mark is preserved literally when you include it in a single-quoted string.
Example: