Sorry to hear. Codes have bugs that evolve over time. I hope you try magit again some day. It is sometimes hard to remember to apply correct quoting in a shell,

Sorry to hear. Codes have bugs that evolve over time. I hope you try magit again some day. It is sometimes hard to remember to apply correct quoting in a shell, so if in Emacs you can also use dired for dealing with such errors in less risky ways.