Even better (the silence principle):

    #!/bin/sh
    imagesnap -q -w 3 "~/.gitshots/$(date).jpg"

(date(1) with spaces will be fine due to the double quotes, although it won't be in date order when sorted by name, which would annoy me...)

No, the options when you need to add something more are arcane.

Plus the above wont even work as is, since $(date) contains spaces.

> Plus the above wont even work as is, since $(date) contains spaces.

This would be "more direct" part.