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Re: [PATCH 2/2] completion: enhance "current branch" display

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
May 10, 2009, 10:59 UTC
Message-ID
<200905101259.07175.j6t@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To
<7vvdo91glm.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
On Sonntag, 10. Mai 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>  				b="$(cut -c1-7 "$g/HEAD" 2>/dev/null)..." ||
While you are here, you could turn this line into
		{ b=$(< "$g/HEAD") && b=${b:0:7}...; } 2>/dev/null ||

to save a process. $(< foo) is a bash feature and does the same as $(cat foo), but faster.

-- Hannes
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  1. 2/2 completion: enhance "current branch" displayJunio C Hamano, May 10, 2009
  2. Johannes SixtMay 10, 2009
  3. Michal NazarewiczMay 10, 2009
  4. Johannes SixtMay 10, 2009
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