status
 tag
 verify-tag
-whatchanged
 EOF
 while read cmd
 do
-    sed -n "/NAME/,/git-$cmd/H;
-           \$ {x; s/.*git-$cmd - \\(.*\\)/  {\"$cmd\", \"\1\"},/; p}" \
-       "Documentation/git-$cmd.txt"
+     sed -n '
+     /NAME/,/git-'"$cmd"'/H
+     ${
+            x
+            s/.*git-'"$cmd"' - \(.*\)/  {"'"$cmd"'", "\1"},/
+           p
+     }' "Documentation/git-$cmd.txt"
 done
 echo "};"