+*+ [initial] Initial
 EOF
 
-V=`git version | sed -e 's/^git version //'`
+V=`git version | sed -e 's/^git version //' -e 's/\./\\./g'`
 while read cmd
 do
        case "$cmd" in
        test_expect_success "git $cmd" '
                {
                        echo "\$ git $cmd"
-                       git $cmd | sed -e "s/$V/g-i-t--v-e-r-s-i-o-n/"
+                       git $cmd |
+                       sed -e "s/^\\(-*\\)$V\\(-*\\)\$/\\1g-i-t--v-e-r-s-i-o-n\2/" \
+                           -e "s/^\\( *boundary=\"-*\\)$V\\(-*\\)\"\$/\\1g-i-t--v-e-r-s-i-o-n\2\"/"
                        echo "\$"
                } >"$actual" &&
                if test -f "$expect"