diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1f8434a902..75e26d2e31 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1555,10 +1555,10 @@ endif
 
 ifdef SANE_TOOL_PATH
 SANE_TOOL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SANE_TOOL_PATH))
-BROKEN_PATH_FIX = 's|^\# @@BROKEN_PATH_FIX@@$$|git_broken_path_fix "$(SANE_TOOL_PATH_SQ)"|'
+BROKEN_PATH_FIX = 's|^\# @BROKEN_PATH_FIX@$$|git_broken_path_fix "$(SANE_TOOL_PATH_SQ)"|'
 PATH := $(SANE_TOOL_PATH):${PATH}
 else
-BROKEN_PATH_FIX = '/^\# @@BROKEN_PATH_FIX@@$$/d'
+BROKEN_PATH_FIX = '/^\# @BROKEN_PATH_FIX@$$/d'
 endif
 
 ifeq (,$(HOST_CPU))
@@ -2548,13 +2548,13 @@ GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES: FORCE
 define cmd_munge_script
 sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
     -e 's|@SHELL_PATH@|$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
-    -e 's|@@DIFF@@|$(DIFF_SQ)|' \
-    -e 's|@@LOCALEDIR@@|$(localedir_SQ)|g' \
-    -e 's/@@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@@/$(USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME)/g' \
+    -e 's|@DIFF@|$(DIFF_SQ)|' \
+    -e 's|@LOCALEDIR@|$(localedir_SQ)|g' \
+    -e 's/@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@/$(USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME)/g' \
     -e $(BROKEN_PATH_FIX) \
-    -e 's|@@GITWEBDIR@@|$(gitwebdir_SQ)|g' \
-    -e 's|@@PERL@@|$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|g' \
-    -e 's|@@PAGER_ENV@@|$(PAGER_ENV_SQ)|g' \
+    -e 's|@GITWEBDIR@|$(gitwebdir_SQ)|g' \
+    -e 's|@PERL@|$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|g' \
+    -e 's|@PAGER_ENV@|$(PAGER_ENV_SQ)|g' \
     $@.sh >$@+
 endef
 
@@ -2611,7 +2611,7 @@ $(SCRIPT_PERL_GEN): % : %.perl GIT-PERL-DEFINES GIT-PERL-HEADER GIT-VERSION-FILE
 	    -e '	r GIT-PERL-HEADER' \
 	    -e '	G' \
 	    -e '}' \
-	    -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
+	    -e 's/@GIT_VERSION@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
 	    $< >$@+ && \
 	chmod +x $@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
@@ -2629,11 +2629,11 @@ GIT-PERL-HEADER: $(PERL_HEADER_TEMPLATE) GIT-PERL-DEFINES Makefile
 	INSTLIBDIR='$(perllibdir_SQ)' && \
 	INSTLIBDIR_EXTRA='$(PERLLIB_EXTRA_SQ)' && \
 	INSTLIBDIR="$$INSTLIBDIR$${INSTLIBDIR_EXTRA:+:$$INSTLIBDIR_EXTRA}" && \
-	sed -e 's=@@PATHSEP@@=$(pathsep)=g' \
-	    -e "s=@@INSTLIBDIR@@=$$INSTLIBDIR=g" \
-	    -e 's=@@PERLLIBDIR_REL@@=$(perllibdir_relative_SQ)=g' \
-	    -e 's=@@GITEXECDIR_REL@@=$(gitexecdir_relative_SQ)=g' \
-	    -e 's=@@LOCALEDIR_REL@@=$(localedir_relative_SQ)=g' \
+	sed -e 's=@PATHSEP@=$(pathsep)=g' \
+	    -e "s=@INSTLIBDIR@=$$INSTLIBDIR=g" \
+	    -e 's=@PERLLIBDIR_REL@=$(perllibdir_relative_SQ)=g' \
+	    -e 's=@GITEXECDIR_REL@=$(gitexecdir_relative_SQ)=g' \
+	    -e 's=@LOCALEDIR_REL@=$(localedir_relative_SQ)=g' \
 	    $< >$@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
@@ -2649,7 +2649,7 @@ else # NO_PERL
 $(SCRIPT_PERL_GEN) git-instaweb: % : unimplemented.sh
 	$(QUIET_GEN) \
 	sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
-	    -e 's|@@REASON@@|NO_PERL=$(NO_PERL)|g' \
+	    -e 's|@REASON@|NO_PERL=$(NO_PERL)|g' \
 	    unimplemented.sh >$@+ && \
 	chmod +x $@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
@@ -2670,13 +2670,13 @@ else # NO_PYTHON
 $(SCRIPT_PYTHON_GEN): % : unimplemented.sh
 	$(QUIET_GEN) \
 	sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
-	    -e 's|@@REASON@@|NO_PYTHON=$(NO_PYTHON)|g' \
+	    -e 's|@REASON@|NO_PYTHON=$(NO_PYTHON)|g' \
 	    unimplemented.sh >$@+ && \
 	chmod +x $@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 endif # NO_PYTHON
 
-CONFIGURE_RECIPE = sed -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
+CONFIGURE_RECIPE = sed -e 's/@GIT_VERSION@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
 			configure.ac >configure.ac+ && \
 		   autoconf -o configure configure.ac+ && \
 		   $(RM) configure.ac+
@@ -3104,9 +3104,9 @@ endif
 perl/build/lib/%.pm: perl/%.pm GIT-PERL-DEFINES
 	$(call mkdir_p_parent_template)
 	$(QUIET_GEN) \
-	sed -e 's|@@LOCALEDIR@@|$(perl_localedir_SQ)|g' \
-	    -e 's|@@NO_GETTEXT@@|$(NO_GETTEXT_SQ)|g' \
-	    -e 's|@@NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS@@|$(NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS_SQ)|g' \
+	sed -e 's|@LOCALEDIR@|$(perl_localedir_SQ)|g' \
+	    -e 's|@NO_GETTEXT@|$(NO_GETTEXT_SQ)|g' \
+	    -e 's|@NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS@|$(NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS_SQ)|g' \
 	< $< > $@
 
 perl/build/man/man3/Git.3pm: perl/Git.pm
@@ -3231,8 +3231,8 @@ all:: $(TEST_PROGRAMS) $(test_bindir_programs) $(UNIT_TEST_PROGS) $(CLAR_TEST_PR
 bin-wrappers/%: wrap-for-bin.sh
 	$(call mkdir_p_parent_template)
 	$(QUIET_GEN)sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
-	     -e 's|@@BUILD_DIR@@|$(shell pwd)|' \
-	     -e 's|@@PROG@@|$(patsubst test-%,t/helper/test-%,$(@F))$(if $(filter-out $(BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NO_X),$(@F)),$(X),)|' < $< > $@ && \
+	     -e 's|@BUILD_DIR@|$(shell pwd)|' \
+	     -e 's|@PROG@|$(patsubst test-%,t/helper/test-%,$(@F))$(if $(filter-out $(BINDIR_PROGRAMS_NO_X),$(@F)),$(X),)|' < $< > $@ && \
 	chmod +x $@
 
 # GNU make supports exporting all variables by "export" without parameters.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d1a96da14e..5923edc44a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ fi
 ## Configure body starts here.
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
-AC_INIT([git], [@@GIT_VERSION@@], [git@vger.kernel.org])
+AC_INIT([git], [@GIT_VERSION@], [git@vger.kernel.org])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([git.c])
 
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 985004f594..1abf5f099c 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -836,14 +836,14 @@ set(git_shell_scripts
 foreach(script ${git_shell_scripts})
 	file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${script}.sh content NEWLINE_CONSUME)
 	string(REPLACE "@SHELL_PATH@" "${SHELL_PATH}" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@@DIFF@@" "diff" content "${content}")
+	string(REPLACE "@DIFF@" "diff" content "${content}")
 	string(REPLACE "@LOCALEDIR@" "${LOCALEDIR}" content "${content}")
 	string(REPLACE "@GITWEBDIR@" "${GITWEBDIR}" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@@NO_CURL@@" "" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@@" "" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "# @@BROKEN_PATH_FIX@@" "" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@@PERL@@" "${PERL_PATH}" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@@PAGER_ENV@@" "LESS=FRX LV=-c" content "${content}")
+	string(REPLACE "@NO_CURL@" "" content "${content}")
+	string(REPLACE "@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@" "" content "${content}")
+	string(REPLACE "# @BROKEN_PATH_FIX@" "" content "${content}")
+	string(REPLACE "@PERL@" "${PERL_PATH}" content "${content}")
+	string(REPLACE "@PAGER_ENV@" "LESS=FRX LV=-c" content "${content}")
 	file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${script} ${content})
 endforeach()
 
@@ -852,13 +852,13 @@ parse_makefile_for_scripts(git_perl_scripts "SCRIPT_PERL" ".perl")
 
 #create perl header
 file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/perl/header_templates/fixed_prefix.template.pl perl_header )
-string(REPLACE "@@PATHSEP@@" ":" perl_header "${perl_header}")
-string(REPLACE "@@INSTLIBDIR@@" "${INSTLIBDIR}" perl_header "${perl_header}")
+string(REPLACE "@PATHSEP@" ":" perl_header "${perl_header}")
+string(REPLACE "@INSTLIBDIR@" "${INSTLIBDIR}" perl_header "${perl_header}")
 
 foreach(script ${git_perl_scripts})
 	file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/${script}.perl content NEWLINE_CONSUME)
 	string(REPLACE "#!/usr/bin/perl" "#!/usr/bin/perl\n${perl_header}\n" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@@GIT_VERSION@@" "${PROJECT_VERSION}" content "${content}")
+	string(REPLACE "@GIT_VERSION@" "${PROJECT_VERSION}" content "${content}")
 	file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${script} ${content})
 endforeach()
 
@@ -873,8 +873,8 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE perl_modules "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/perl/*.pm")
 foreach(pm ${perl_modules})
 	string(REPLACE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/perl/" "" file_path ${pm})
 	file(STRINGS ${pm} content NEWLINE_CONSUME)
-	string(REPLACE "@@LOCALEDIR@@" "${LOCALEDIR}" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@@NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS@@" "" content "${content}")
+	string(REPLACE "@LOCALEDIR@" "${LOCALEDIR}" content "${content}")
+	string(REPLACE "@NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS@" "" content "${content}")
 	file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/perl/build/lib/${file_path} ${content})
 #test-lib.sh requires perl/build/lib to be the build directory of perl modules
 endforeach()
@@ -1064,21 +1064,21 @@ set(wrapper_test_scripts
 
 foreach(script ${wrapper_scripts})
 	file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/wrap-for-bin.sh content NEWLINE_CONSUME)
-	string(REPLACE "@@BUILD_DIR@@" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@@PROG@@" "${script}${EXE_EXTENSION}" content "${content}")
+	string(REPLACE "@BUILD_DIR@" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" content "${content}")
+	string(REPLACE "@PROG@" "${script}${EXE_EXTENSION}" content "${content}")
 	file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin-wrappers/${script} ${content})
 endforeach()
 
 foreach(script ${wrapper_test_scripts})
 	file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/wrap-for-bin.sh content NEWLINE_CONSUME)
-	string(REPLACE "@@BUILD_DIR@@" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" content "${content}")
-	string(REPLACE "@@PROG@@" "t/helper/${script}${EXE_EXTENSION}" content "${content}")
+	string(REPLACE "@BUILD_DIR@" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" content "${content}")
+	string(REPLACE "@PROG@" "t/helper/${script}${EXE_EXTENSION}" content "${content}")
 	file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin-wrappers/${script} ${content})
 endforeach()
 
 file(STRINGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/wrap-for-bin.sh content NEWLINE_CONSUME)
-string(REPLACE "@@BUILD_DIR@@" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" content "${content}")
-string(REPLACE "@@PROG@@" "git-cvsserver" content "${content}")
+string(REPLACE "@BUILD_DIR@" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}" content "${content}")
+string(REPLACE "@PROG@" "git-cvsserver" content "${content}")
 file(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin-wrappers/git-cvsserver ${content})
 
 #options for configuring test options
diff --git a/git-cvsserver.perl b/git-cvsserver.perl
index a4ad9a5d2d..a4e1bad33c 100755
--- a/git-cvsserver.perl
+++ b/git-cvsserver.perl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use File::Path qw/rmtree/;
 use File::Basename;
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config require_order no_ignore_case);
 
-my $VERSION = '@@GIT_VERSION@@';
+my $VERSION = '@GIT_VERSION@';
 
 my $log = GITCVS::log->new();
 my $cfg;
diff --git a/git-instaweb.sh b/git-instaweb.sh
index 8dbe21d588..c8efb1205a 100755
--- a/git-instaweb.sh
+++ b/git-instaweb.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2006 Eric Wong
 #
 
-PERL='@@PERL@@'
+PERL='@PERL@'
 OPTIONS_KEEPDASHDASH=
 OPTIONS_STUCKLONG=
 OPTIONS_SPEC="\
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ conf="$GIT_DIR/gitweb/httpd.conf"
 # if installed, it doesn't need further configuration (module_path)
 test -z "$httpd" && httpd='lighttpd -f'
 
-# Default is @@GITWEBDIR@@
-test -z "$root" && root='@@GITWEBDIR@@'
+# Default is @GITWEBDIR@
+test -z "$root" && root='@GITWEBDIR@'
 
 # any untaken local port will do...
 test -z "$port" && port=1234
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ EOF
 
 gitweb_conf() {
 	cat > "$fqgitdir/gitweb/gitweb_config.perl" <<EOF
-#!@@PERL@@
+#!@PERL@
 our \$projectroot = "$(dirname "$fqgitdir")";
 our \$git_temp = "$fqgitdir/gitweb/tmp";
 our \$projects_list = \$projectroot;
diff --git a/git-request-pull.sh b/git-request-pull.sh
index 01640a044b..10c88639e2 100755
--- a/git-request-pull.sh
+++ b/git-request-pull.sh
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ find_matching_ref='
 	}
 '
 
-set fnord $(git ls-remote "$url" | @@PERL@@ -e "$find_matching_ref" "${remote:-HEAD}" "$headrev")
+set fnord $(git ls-remote "$url" | @PERL@ -e "$find_matching_ref" "${remote:-HEAD}" "$headrev")
 remote_sha1=$2
 ref=$3
 
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index c4d12bebc8..798d59b84f 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ sub gen_header {
 	@recipients = unique_email_list(@recipients,@cc,@initial_bcc);
 	@recipients = (map { extract_valid_address_or_die($_) } @recipients);
 	my $date = format_2822_time($time++);
-	my $gitversion = '@@GIT_VERSION@@';
+	my $gitversion = '@GIT_VERSION@';
 	if ($gitversion =~ m/..GIT_VERSION../) {
 	    $gitversion = Git::version();
 	}
diff --git a/git-sh-i18n.sh b/git-sh-i18n.sh
index a15c0620db..ae4b2d6ba9 100644
--- a/git-sh-i18n.sh
+++ b/git-sh-i18n.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ TEXTDOMAIN=git
 export TEXTDOMAIN
 if test -z "$GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR"
 then
-	TEXTDOMAINDIR="@@LOCALEDIR@@"
+	TEXTDOMAINDIR="@LOCALEDIR@"
 else
 	TEXTDOMAINDIR="$GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR"
 fi
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ export TEXTDOMAINDIR
 
 # First decide what scheme to use...
 GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_SH_SCHEME=fallthrough
-if test -n "@@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@@"
+if test -n "@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@"
 then
-	GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_SH_SCHEME="@@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@@"
+	GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_SH_SCHEME="@USE_GETTEXT_SCHEME@"
 elif test -n "$GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_TEST_FALLBACKS"
 then
 	: no probing necessary
diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
index ce273fe0e4..19aef72ec2 100644
--- a/git-sh-setup.sh
+++ b/git-sh-setup.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ git_broken_path_fix () {
 	esac
 }
 
-# @@BROKEN_PATH_FIX@@
+# @BROKEN_PATH_FIX@
 
 # Source git-sh-i18n for gettext support.
 . "$(git --exec-path)/git-sh-i18n"
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ git_pager() {
 	else
 		GIT_PAGER=cat
 	fi
-	for vardef in @@PAGER_ENV@@
+	for vardef in @PAGER_ENV@
 	do
 		var=${vardef%%=*}
 		eval ": \"\${$vardef}\" && export $var"
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ get_author_ident_from_commit () {
 # remove lines from $1 that are not in $2, leaving only common lines.
 create_virtual_base() {
 	sz0=$(wc -c <"$1")
-	@@DIFF@@ -u -La/"$1" -Lb/"$1" "$1" "$2" | git apply --no-add
+	@DIFF@ -u -La/"$1" -Lb/"$1" "$1" "$2" | git apply --no-add
 	sz1=$(wc -c <"$1")
 
 	# If we do not have enough common material, it is not
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 9c7c629932..32c648c395 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use vars qw/	$AUTHOR $VERSION
 		$_revision $_repository
 		$_q $_authors $_authors_prog %users/;
 $AUTHOR = 'Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>';
-$VERSION = '@@GIT_VERSION@@';
+$VERSION = '@GIT_VERSION@';
 
 use Carp qw/croak/;
 use File::Basename qw/dirname basename/;
diff --git a/gitweb/Makefile b/gitweb/Makefile
index 3b68ab2d67..164c8d5375 100644
--- a/gitweb/Makefile
+++ b/gitweb/Makefile
@@ -79,28 +79,28 @@ GITWEB_JSLIB_FILES += static/js/blame_incremental.js
 
 
 GITWEB_REPLACE = \
-	-e 's|++GIT_VERSION++|$(GIT_VERSION)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GIT_BINDIR++|$(bindir)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_CONFIG++|$(GITWEB_CONFIG)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM++|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON++|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR++|$(GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_SITENAME++|$(GITWEB_SITENAME)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_PROJECTROOT++|$(GITWEB_PROJECTROOT)|g' \
-	-e 's|"++GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH++"|$(GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_EXPORT_OK++|$(GITWEB_EXPORT_OK)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT++|$(GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_BASE_URL++|$(GITWEB_BASE_URL)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_LIST++|$(GITWEB_LIST)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_HOMETEXT++|$(GITWEB_HOMETEXT)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_CSS++|$(GITWEB_CSS)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_LOGO++|$(GITWEB_LOGO)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_FAVICON++|$(GITWEB_FAVICON)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_JS++|$(GITWEB_JS)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING++|$(GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_SITE_HEADER++|$(GITWEB_SITE_HEADER)|g' \
-	-e 's|++GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER++|$(GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER)|g' \
-	-e 's|++HIGHLIGHT_BIN++|$(HIGHLIGHT_BIN)|g'
+	-e 's|@GIT_VERSION@|$(GIT_VERSION)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GIT_BINDIR@|$(bindir)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_CONFIG@|$(GITWEB_CONFIG)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM@|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON@|$(GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR@|$(GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_SITENAME@|$(GITWEB_SITENAME)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_PROJECTROOT@|$(GITWEB_PROJECTROOT)|g' \
+	-e 's|"@GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH@"|$(GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_EXPORT_OK@|$(GITWEB_EXPORT_OK)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT@|$(GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_BASE_URL@|$(GITWEB_BASE_URL)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_LIST@|$(GITWEB_LIST)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_HOMETEXT@|$(GITWEB_HOMETEXT)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_CSS@|$(GITWEB_CSS)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_LOGO@|$(GITWEB_LOGO)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_FAVICON@|$(GITWEB_FAVICON)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_JS@|$(GITWEB_JS)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING@|$(GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_SITE_HEADER@|$(GITWEB_SITE_HEADER)|g' \
+	-e 's|@GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER@|$(GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER)|g' \
+	-e 's|@HIGHLIGHT_BIN@|$(HIGHLIGHT_BIN)|g'
 
 .PHONY: FORCE
 $(MAK_DIR_GITWEB)GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS: FORCE
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index c4e0008d59..dfb66fdd2a 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ BEGIN {
 	CGI->compile() if $ENV{'MOD_PERL'};
 }
 
-our $version = "++GIT_VERSION++";
+our $version = "@GIT_VERSION@";
 
 our ($my_url, $my_uri, $base_url, $path_info, $home_link);
 sub evaluate_uri {
@@ -80,46 +80,46 @@ sub evaluate_uri {
 
 # core git executable to use
 # this can just be "git" if your webserver has a sensible PATH
-our $GIT = "++GIT_BINDIR++/git";
+our $GIT = "@GIT_BINDIR@/git";
 
 # absolute fs-path which will be prepended to the project path
 #our $projectroot = "/pub/scm";
-our $projectroot = "++GITWEB_PROJECTROOT++";
+our $projectroot = "@GITWEB_PROJECTROOT@";
 
 # fs traversing limit for getting project list
 # the number is relative to the projectroot
-our $project_maxdepth = "++GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH++";
+our $project_maxdepth = "@GITWEB_PROJECT_MAXDEPTH@";
 
 # string of the home link on top of all pages
-our $home_link_str = "++GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR++";
+our $home_link_str = "@GITWEB_HOME_LINK_STR@";
 
 # extra breadcrumbs preceding the home link
 our @extra_breadcrumbs = ();
 
 # name of your site or organization to appear in page titles
 # replace this with something more descriptive for clearer bookmarks
-our $site_name = "++GITWEB_SITENAME++"
+our $site_name = "@GITWEB_SITENAME@"
                  || ($ENV{'SERVER_NAME'} || "Untitled") . " Git";
 
 # html snippet to include in the <head> section of each page
-our $site_html_head_string = "++GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING++";
+our $site_html_head_string = "@GITWEB_SITE_HTML_HEAD_STRING@";
 # filename of html text to include at top of each page
-our $site_header = "++GITWEB_SITE_HEADER++";
+our $site_header = "@GITWEB_SITE_HEADER@";
 # html text to include at home page
-our $home_text = "++GITWEB_HOMETEXT++";
+our $home_text = "@GITWEB_HOMETEXT@";
 # filename of html text to include at bottom of each page
-our $site_footer = "++GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER++";
+our $site_footer = "@GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER@";
 
 # URI of stylesheets
-our @stylesheets = ("++GITWEB_CSS++");
+our @stylesheets = ("@GITWEB_CSS@");
 # URI of a single stylesheet, which can be overridden in GITWEB_CONFIG.
 our $stylesheet = undef;
 # URI of GIT logo (72x27 size)
-our $logo = "++GITWEB_LOGO++";
+our $logo = "@GITWEB_LOGO@";
 # URI of GIT favicon, assumed to be image/png type
-our $favicon = "++GITWEB_FAVICON++";
+our $favicon = "@GITWEB_FAVICON@";
 # URI of gitweb.js (JavaScript code for gitweb)
-our $javascript = "++GITWEB_JS++";
+our $javascript = "@GITWEB_JS@";
 
 # URI and label (title) of GIT logo link
 #our $logo_url = "https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/";
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ our $logo_url = "https://git-scm.com/";
 our $logo_label = "git homepage";
 
 # source of projects list
-our $projects_list = "++GITWEB_LIST++";
+our $projects_list = "@GITWEB_LIST@";
 
 # the width (in characters) of the projects list "Description" column
 our $projects_list_description_width = 25;
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ our $default_projects_order = "project";
 
 # show repository only if this file exists
 # (only effective if this variable evaluates to true)
-our $export_ok = "++GITWEB_EXPORT_OK++";
+our $export_ok = "@GITWEB_EXPORT_OK@";
 
 # don't generate age column on the projects list page
 our $omit_age_column = 0;
@@ -161,11 +161,11 @@ our $omit_owner=0;
 our $export_auth_hook = undef;
 
 # only allow viewing of repositories also shown on the overview page
-our $strict_export = "++GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT++";
+our $strict_export = "@GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT@";
 
 # list of git base URLs used for URL to where fetch project from,
 # i.e. full URL is "$git_base_url/$project"
-our @git_base_url_list = grep { $_ ne '' } ("++GITWEB_BASE_URL++");
+our @git_base_url_list = grep { $_ ne '' } ("@GITWEB_BASE_URL@");
 
 # default blob_plain mimetype and default charset for text/plain blob
 our $default_blob_plain_mimetype = 'text/plain';
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ our $prevent_xss = 0;
 # http://andre-simon.de/zip/download.php due to assumptions about parameters and output).
 # Useful if highlight is not installed on your webserver's PATH.
 # [Default: highlight]
-our $highlight_bin = "++HIGHLIGHT_BIN++";
+our $highlight_bin = "@HIGHLIGHT_BIN@";
 
 # information about snapshot formats that gitweb is capable of serving
 our %known_snapshot_formats = (
@@ -741,9 +741,9 @@ sub read_config_file {
 
 our ($GITWEB_CONFIG, $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM, $GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON);
 sub evaluate_gitweb_config {
-	our $GITWEB_CONFIG = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG'} || "++GITWEB_CONFIG++";
-	our $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM'} || "++GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM++";
-	our $GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON'} || "++GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON++";
+	our $GITWEB_CONFIG = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG'} || "@GITWEB_CONFIG@";
+	our $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM'} || "@GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM@";
+	our $GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON = $ENV{'GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON'} || "@GITWEB_CONFIG_COMMON@";
 
 	# Protect against duplications of file names, to not read config twice.
 	# Only one of $GITWEB_CONFIG and $GITWEB_CONFIG_SYSTEM is used, so
diff --git a/perl/Git/I18N.pm b/perl/Git/I18N.pm
index ab46edb608..162230af81 100644
--- a/perl/Git/I18N.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/I18N.pm
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = @EXPORT;
 # this "'@@' [...] '@@'" pattern.
 use constant NO_GETTEXT_STR => '@@' . 'NO_GETTEXT' . '@@';
 use constant NO_GETTEXT => (
-	q[@@NO_GETTEXT@@] ne ''
+	q[@NO_GETTEXT@] ne ''
 	and
-	q[@@NO_GETTEXT@@] ne NO_GETTEXT_STR
+	q[@NO_GETTEXT@] ne NO_GETTEXT_STR
 );
 
 sub __bootstrap_locale_messages {
 	our $TEXTDOMAIN = 'git';
-	our $TEXTDOMAINDIR ||= $ENV{GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR} || '@@LOCALEDIR@@';
+	our $TEXTDOMAINDIR ||= $ENV{GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR} || '@LOCALEDIR@';
 	die "NO_GETTEXT=" . NO_GETTEXT_STR if NO_GETTEXT;
 
 	require POSIX;
diff --git a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN.pm b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN.pm
index 61254fddbb..92d63c71d2 100644
--- a/perl/Git/LoadCPAN.pm
+++ b/perl/Git/LoadCPAN.pm
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ C<git.git> repository. Use it for anything else at your peril!
 # Makefile, and allows for detecting whether the module is loaded from
 # perl/Git as opposed to perl/build/Git, which is useful for one-off
 # testing without having Error.pm et al installed.
-use constant NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS_STR => '@@' . 'NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS' . '@@';
+use constant NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS_STR => '@' . 'NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS' . '@';
 use constant NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS => (
-	q[@@NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS@@] ne ''
+	q[@NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS@] ne ''
 	and
-	q[@@NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS@@] ne NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS_STR
+	q[@NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS@] ne NO_PERL_CPAN_FALLBACKS_STR
 );
 
 sub import {
diff --git a/perl/header_templates/fixed_prefix.template.pl b/perl/header_templates/fixed_prefix.template.pl
index 857b4391a4..d571ca5cde 100644
--- a/perl/header_templates/fixed_prefix.template.pl
+++ b/perl/header_templates/fixed_prefix.template.pl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-use lib (split(/@@PATHSEP@@/, $ENV{GITPERLLIB} || '@@INSTLIBDIR@@'));
+use lib (split(/@PATHSEP@/, $ENV{GITPERLLIB} || '@INSTLIBDIR@'));
diff --git a/perl/header_templates/runtime_prefix.template.pl b/perl/header_templates/runtime_prefix.template.pl
index 9d28b3d863..e6f8e661a1 100644
--- a/perl/header_templates/runtime_prefix.template.pl
+++ b/perl/header_templates/runtime_prefix.template.pl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This finds our Git::* libraries relative to the script's runtime path.
 sub __git_system_path {
 	my ($relpath) = @_;
-	my $gitexecdir_relative = '@@GITEXECDIR_REL@@';
+	my $gitexecdir_relative = '@GITEXECDIR_REL@';
 
 	# GIT_EXEC_PATH is supplied by `git` or the test suite.
 	my $exec_path;
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ sub __git_system_path {
 }
 
 BEGIN {
-	use lib split /@@PATHSEP@@/,
+	use lib split /@PATHSEP@/,
 	(
 		$ENV{GITPERLLIB} ||
 		do {
-			my $perllibdir = __git_system_path('@@PERLLIBDIR_REL@@');
+			my $perllibdir = __git_system_path('@PERLLIBDIR_REL@');
 			(-e $perllibdir) || die("Invalid system path ($relpath): $path");
 			$perllibdir;
 		}
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ BEGIN {
 
 	# Export the system locale directory to the I18N module. The locale directory
 	# is only installed if NO_GETTEXT is set.
-	$Git::I18N::TEXTDOMAINDIR = __git_system_path('@@LOCALEDIR_REL@@');
+	$Git::I18N::TEXTDOMAINDIR = __git_system_path('@LOCALEDIR_REL@');
 }
 
 # END RUNTIME_PREFIX generated code.
diff --git a/unimplemented.sh b/unimplemented.sh
index fee21d24e8..41776b279d 100644
--- a/unimplemented.sh
+++ b/unimplemented.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-echo >&2 "fatal: git was built without support for $(basename $0) (@@REASON@@)."
+echo >&2 "fatal: git was built without support for $(basename $0) (@REASON@)."
 exit 128
diff --git a/wrap-for-bin.sh b/wrap-for-bin.sh
index 95851b85b6..7898a1c238 100644
--- a/wrap-for-bin.sh
+++ b/wrap-for-bin.sh
@@ -4,33 +4,33 @@
 # to run test suite against sandbox, but with only bindir-installed
 # executables in PATH.  The Makefile copies this into various
 # files in bin-wrappers, substituting
-# @@BUILD_DIR@@ and @@PROG@@.
+# @BUILD_DIR@ and @PROG@.
 
-GIT_EXEC_PATH='@@BUILD_DIR@@'
+GIT_EXEC_PATH='@BUILD_DIR@'
 if test -n "$NO_SET_GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR"
 then
 	unset GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR
 else
-	GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR='@@BUILD_DIR@@/templates/blt'
+	GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR='@BUILD_DIR@/templates/blt'
 	export GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR
 fi
-GITPERLLIB='@@BUILD_DIR@@/perl/build/lib'"${GITPERLLIB:+:$GITPERLLIB}"
-GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR='@@BUILD_DIR@@/po/build/locale'
-PATH='@@BUILD_DIR@@/bin-wrappers:'"$PATH"
+GITPERLLIB='@BUILD_DIR@/perl/build/lib'"${GITPERLLIB:+:$GITPERLLIB}"
+GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR='@BUILD_DIR@/po/build/locale'
+PATH='@BUILD_DIR@/bin-wrappers:'"$PATH"
 
 export GIT_EXEC_PATH GITPERLLIB PATH GIT_TEXTDOMAINDIR
 
 case "$GIT_DEBUGGER" in
 '')
-	exec "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@" "$@"
+	exec "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@PROG@" "$@"
 	;;
 1)
 	unset GIT_DEBUGGER
-	exec gdb --args "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@" "$@"
+	exec gdb --args "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@PROG@" "$@"
 	;;
 *)
 	GIT_DEBUGGER_ARGS="$GIT_DEBUGGER"
 	unset GIT_DEBUGGER
-	exec ${GIT_DEBUGGER_ARGS} "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@@PROG@@" "$@"
+	exec ${GIT_DEBUGGER_ARGS} "${GIT_EXEC_PATH}/@PROG@" "$@"
 	;;
 esac