Handle platform-specific list delimiters about cross-env HOT 5 CLOSED

Ok, I'm convinced. Let's go with your suggestion 👍 Thanks!

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cc/ @kentcdodds @elijahmanor @hekard2l

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Thanks for bringing this up @DanReyLop!

What if we made the escaping required on the variable side of things? So you'd have to do:

PATH=$PATH\:lib GREET=Hello:you npm start

Would that work?

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Well it would work, and it would be more backwards-compatible, but I feel like the other way is more natural.

Just like in a RegExp, you use the "reserved" characters for their intended meaning, and if you want to use them literally, you have to escape them (not the other way around). In implementing this feature, we are basically acknowledging that : (and ; in Windows) are special characters on ENV variables values.

Anyway, this feels like a lot of bikeshedding for a single-char feature, just pick one syntax and I'll make a PR :)

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Fixed in #93

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