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Re: [PATCH] Don't use cpio in git-clone when not installed

From
Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
Date
Nov 1, 2007, 06:31 UTC
Message-ID
<20071101063131.GA22401@glandium.org>
In-Reply-To
<alpine.LFD.0.999.0710311742170.3342@woody.linux-foundation.org>
On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 05:46:40PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> 
> 
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Mike Hommey wrote:
> > +	if type cpio > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> > +		local=yes
> > +	fi
> 
> Isn't "type" a bashism?

I think it's POSIX, and since I found the same construct in git-mergetool.sh, I thought it would be okay for git.

Mike
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  1. Don't use cpio in git-clone when not installedMike Hommey, Oct 31, 2007
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