On e.g. Ubuntu, dash is used as /bin/sh. Unlike bash it parses
commands like
a=$((echo stuff) | wc)
as an arithmetic expression while what we want is a subshell inside
a command substitution. Resolve the ambiguity by placing a space
between the two opening parentheses.
Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>