3 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/subtree/Makefile b/contrib/subtree/Makefile
index b507505..435b2de 100644
--- a/contrib/subtree/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/subtree/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ $(GIT_SUBTREE): $(GIT_SUBTREE_SH)
 doc: $(GIT_SUBTREE_DOC)
 
 install: $(GIT_SUBTREE)
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(GIT_SUBTREE) $(DESTDIR)$(libexecdir)
 
 install-doc: install-man
diff --git a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
index 51ae932..7d7af03 100755
--- a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
+++ b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ copy_commit()
 			GIT_COMMITTER_NAME \
 			GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL \
 			GIT_COMMITTER_DATE
-		(echo -n "$annotate"; cat ) |
+		(printf "%s" "$annotate"; cat ) |
 		git commit-tree "$2" $3  # reads the rest of stdin
 	) || die "Can't copy commit $1"
 }
diff --git a/contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh b/contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh
index b0f8536..66ce4b0 100755
--- a/contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh
+++ b/contrib/subtree/t/t7900-subtree.sh
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ test_expect_success 'merge new subproj history into subdir' '
 test_expect_success 'Check that prefix argument is required for split' '
         echo "You must provide the --prefix option." > expected &&
         test_must_fail git subtree split > actual 2>&1 &&
-        test_debug "echo -n expected: " &&
+	test_debug "printf '"'"'expected: '"'"'" &&
         test_debug "cat expected" &&
-        test_debug "echo -n actual: " &&
+	test_debug "printf '"'"'actual: '"'"'" &&
         test_debug "cat actual" &&
         test_cmp expected actual &&
         rm -f expected actual
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ test_expect_success 'Check that prefix argument is required for split' '
 test_expect_success 'Check that the <prefix> exists for a split' '
         echo "'"'"'non-existent-directory'"'"'" does not exist\; use "'"'"'git subtree add'"'"'" > expected &&
         test_must_fail git subtree split --prefix=non-existent-directory > actual 2>&1 &&
-        test_debug "echo -n expected: " &&
+	test_debug "printf '"'"'expected: '"'"'" &&
         test_debug "cat expected" &&
-        test_debug "echo -n actual: " &&
+	test_debug "printf '"'"'actual: '"'"'" &&
         test_debug "cat actual" &&
         test_cmp expected actual
 #        rm -f expected actual