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[PATCH 01/20] check_bindir: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"

From
Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 6, 2014, 14:55 UTC
Message-ID
<1402066563-28519-2-git-send-email-gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<1402066563-28519-1-git-send-email-gitter.spiros@gmail.com>

The construct is error-prone; "test" being built-in in most modern shells, the reason to avoid "test <cond> && test <cond>" spawning one extra process by using a single "test <cond> -a <cond>" no longer exists.

Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com>
---
 check_bindir |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/check_bindir b/check_bindir
index a1c4c3e..623eadc 100755
--- a/check_bindir
+++ b/check_bindir
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 bindir="$1"
 gitexecdir="$2"
 gitcmd="$3"
-if test "$bindir" != "$gitexecdir" -a -x "$gitcmd"
+if test "$bindir" != "$gitexecdir" && test -x "$gitcmd"
 then
 	echo
 	echo "!! You have installed git-* commands to new gitexecdir."

-- 
1.7.10.4
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  1. 00/20 avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  2. 01/20 check_bindir: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  3. 02/20 contrib/examples/git-clone.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2014
  5. 03/20 contrib/examples/git-commit.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  6. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  7. 04/20 contrib/examples/git-merge.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  8. 05/20 contrib/examples/git-repack.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  9. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  10. 06/20 contrib/examples/git-resolve.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  11. 07/20 git-bisect.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  12. 08/20 git-mergetool.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  13. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  14. 09/20 git-rebase--interactive.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  15. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  16. 10/20 git-submodule.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2014
  18. Johannes SixtJun 10, 2014
  19. Johannes SixtJun 10, 2014
  20. 11/20 t/lib-httpd.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  21. 12/20 t/t0025-crlf-auto.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  22. 13/20 t/t0026-eol-config.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  23. 14/20 t/t4102-apply-rename.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  24. 15/20 t/t5000-tar-tree.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  25. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  26. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  27. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  28. René ScharfeJun 10, 2014
  29. 16/20 t/t5403-post-checkout-hook.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  30. 17/20 t/t5538-push-shallow.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  31. 18/20 t/t9814-git-p4-rename.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  32. 19/20 t/test-lib-functions.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  33. 20/20 CodingGuidelines: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  34. Torsten BögershausenJun 6, 2014
  35. Matthieu MoyJun 9, 2014

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