diff --git a/t/t7500-commit.sh b/t/t7500-commit.sh
index 116885a260..ea009b488a 100755
--- a/t/t7500-commit.sh
+++ b/t/t7500-commit.sh
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ EOF
 test_expect_success 'commit message from template with whitespace issue' '
 	echo "content galore" >>foo &&
 	git add foo &&
-	GIT_EDITOR="$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t7500/add-whitespaced-content git commit \
-		--template "$TEMPLATE" &&
+	GIT_EDITOR=\""$TEST_DIRECTORY"\"/t7500/add-whitespaced-content \
+	git commit --template "$TEMPLATE" &&
 	commit_msg_is "commit message"
 '
 
diff --git a/t/t9020-remote-svn.sh b/t/t9020-remote-svn.sh
index 4d81ba1c2c..6fca08e5e3 100755
--- a/t/t9020-remote-svn.sh
+++ b/t/t9020-remote-svn.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ init_git () {
 	git init &&
 	#git remote add svnsim testsvn::sim:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/t9020/example.svnrdump
 	# let's reuse an existing dump file!?
-	git remote add svnsim testsvn::sim://$TEST_DIRECTORY/t9154/svn.dump
-	git remote add svnfile testsvn::file://$TEST_DIRECTORY/t9154/svn.dump
+	git remote add svnsim "testsvn::sim://$TEST_DIRECTORY/t9154/svn.dump"
+	git remote add svnfile "testsvn::file://$TEST_DIRECTORY/t9154/svn.dump"
 }
 
 if test -e "$GIT_BUILD_DIR/git-remote-testsvn"
diff --git a/t/t9107-git-svn-migrate.sh b/t/t9107-git-svn-migrate.sh
index 9f3ef8f2ef..ceaa5bad10 100755
--- a/t/t9107-git-svn-migrate.sh
+++ b/t/t9107-git-svn-migrate.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git-svn-HEAD is a real HEAD' '
 	git rev-parse --verify refs/heads/git-svn-HEAD^0
 '
 
-svnrepo_escaped=$(echo $svnrepo | sed 's/ /%20/')
+svnrepo_escaped=$(echo $svnrepo | sed 's/ /%20/g')
 
 test_expect_success 'initialize old-style (v0) git svn layout' '
 	mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR"/git-svn/info "$GIT_DIR"/svn/info &&