REPOS_DIR="$WORKSPACE/.repos"
-PATCHES=($(echo "$GERRIT_EVENT_COMMENT_TEXT" | grep 'recheck:' | awk -F: '{print $2}'))
+IFS=" " read -r -a PATCHES <<< "$(echo "$GERRIT_EVENT_COMMENT_TEXT" | grep 'recheck:' | awk -F: '{print $2}')"
projects=()
for patch in $(echo "${PATCHES[@]}"); do