debug "Merging split branch into HEAD..."
                latest_old=$(cache_get latest_old)
                git merge -s ours \
-                       -m "$(rejoin_msg $dir $latest_old $latest_new)" \
+                       -m "$(rejoin_msg "$dir" $latest_old $latest_new)" \
                        $latest_new >&2 || exit $?
        fi
        if [ -n "$branch" ]; then
            refspec=$2
            echo "git push using: " $repository $refspec
            localrev=$(git subtree split --prefix="$prefix") || die
-           git push $repository $localrev:refs/heads/$refspec
+           git push "$repository" $localrev:refs/heads/$refspec
        else
            die "'$dir' must already exist. Try 'git subtree add'."
        fi