diff --git a/cdist/conf/type/__git/gencode-remote b/cdist/conf/type/__git/gencode-remote
index 972752bb..370b966e 100755
--- a/cdist/conf/type/__git/gencode-remote
+++ b/cdist/conf/type/__git/gencode-remote
@@ -70,18 +70,18 @@ chown '${owner}:${group}' '$destination'
 EOF
             fi
             # Actually clone the repository
-            su -m "$git_user" -c "git clone --quiet '$recursive' '$shallow' --branch '$branch_should' '$source' '$destination'"
+            echo "su -m '$git_user' -c \"git clone --quiet $recursive $shallow --branch '$branch_should' '$source' '$destination'\""
             echo create >> "$__messages_out"
             repo_changed="YES"
         elif [ "$branch_should" != "$branch_is" ]; then
             # User has changed tag / branch, let's update that
-            echo su -m "$git_user" -c "git checkout '$branch_should'"
+            echo "su -m '$git_user' -c \"git checkout '$branch_should'\""
             echo "change $branch_is -> $branch_should" >> "$__messages_out"
             repo_changed="YES"
         elif [ "$needs_update" = "YES" ]; then
             # The remote has newer information than our repository.
             # Fetch was done in the explorer, here we can just pull
-            echo su -m "$git_user" -c "git -C '$destination' pull"
+            echo "su -m '$git_user' -c \"git -C '$destination' pull\""
             echo update >> "$__messages_out"
             repo_changed="YES"
         fi