Do the following:
-ssh git@git.tld-linux.org setdesc packages/some_package "Some description"
+echo "Some description" |ssh git@git.tld-linux.org setdesc packages/some_package
+
+Ex.
+
+$ echo "kernel-desktop, a linux version optimised for the desktop" |ssh git@git.tld-linux.org setdesc packages/kernel-desktop
+New description is:
+kernel-desktop, a linux version optimised for the desktop
+$
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6. SPECS: What is obsolete now that we have GIT?