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[PATCH] instaweb: fix unportable ';' usage in sed

From
EWEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date
Jul 2, 2006, 11:56 UTC
Message-ID
<20060702115616.GA28291@soma>
In-Reply-To
<Pine.LNX.4.63.0607021109540.29667@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

Hint taken from Johannes. I've tested this with sed --posix on my system with GNU sed and it works fine with and also without it. Further portability testing/review would be good.

Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
---
 Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
 > 
 > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
 > ---
 > 	Re: What's in git.git
 > 
 > 	On Sun, 2 Jul 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
 > 
 > 	>  - instaweb by Eric Wong.
 > 
 > 	This breaks make on _all_ platforms I have.
 > 
 > 	First of all, it is _ugly_ (three invocations of sed, where one 
 > 	really is sufficient). Then, it uses the non-portable ';' 
 > 	operator, and then, the non-at-all-portable 'T'.
 > 
 > 	And worst: it is unnecessary.
 *Blushes*  Sorry about that, I've been meaning to brush up on my
 sed skills (coming from a Perl-heavy environment).
 git-instaweb.sh |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-instaweb.sh b/git-instaweb.sh
index 51067d9..69aef3c 100755
--- a/git-instaweb.sh
+++ b/git-instaweb.sh
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ EOF
 }
 
 script='
-s#^\(my\|our\) $projectroot =.*#\1 $projectroot = "'`dirname $fqgitdir`'";#;
-s#\(my\|our\) $gitbin =.*#\1 $gitbin = "'$GIT_EXEC_PATH'";#;
-s#\(my\|our\) $projects_list =.*#\1 $projects_list = $projectroot;#;
+s#^\(my\|our\) $projectroot =.*#\1 $projectroot = "'`dirname $fqgitdir`'";#
+s#\(my\|our\) $gitbin =.*#\1 $gitbin = "'$GIT_EXEC_PATH'";#
+s#\(my\|our\) $projects_list =.*#\1 $projects_list = $projectroot;#
 s#\(my\|our\) $git_temp =.*#\1 $git_temp = "'$fqgitdir/gitweb/tmp'";#'
 
 gitweb_cgi () {
-- 
1.4.1.rc2.gbc4f
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Message 3 of 4 in “What's in git.git”
  1. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2006
  2. Makefile: replace ugly and unportable sed invocationJohannes Schindelin, Jul 2, 2006
  3. instaweb: fix unportable ';' usage in sedEric Wong, Jul 2, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2006

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