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Re: [PATCHv2 7/7] web--browse: look at the BROWSER env var

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 3, 2010, 17:08 UTC
Message-ID
<20101203170800.GE12910@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<1291394861-11989-8-git-send-email-giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> --- a/git-web--browse.sh
> +++ b/git-web--browse.sh
> @@ -138,6 +138,51 @@ then
[...]
> +if test -z "$browser" -a -n "$BROWSER"; then
> +	OLDIFS="$IFS"
> +	IFS=:
[...]
> +	IFS="$OLDIFS"
Micronit: on some shells (e.g., old ash[1]), IFS starts out unset if
it hasn't been inherited in the environment.  How about something like
this?
	LF="
"
	usual_ifs=" 	$LF"
	IFS=:
	...
				IFS=$usual_ifs
	...
	IFS=$usual_ifs

Based on [2] I would guess that any POSIX-style shell would also support

	IFS=:
	...
				unset IFS
	...
	unset IFS
but maybe that's playing with fire.
The rest of this series looks quite nice, so
Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>

[1] http://bugs.debian.org/95856 [2] http://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/ifs/

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Message 24 of 25 in “[PATCHv2 0/7] web--browse cleanup and extensions”
  1. Giuseppe BilottaDec 3, 2010
  2. 1/7 CodingGuidelines: mention whitespace preferences for shell scriptsGiuseppe Bilotta, Dec 3, 2010
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2010
  4. Giuseppe BilottaDec 3, 2010
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2010
  6. Giuseppe BilottaDec 3, 2010
  7. 2/7 web--browse: coding styleGiuseppe Bilotta, Dec 3, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2010
  9. 3/7 web--browse: split valid_tool listGiuseppe Bilotta, Dec 3, 2010
  10. 4/7 web--browse: support opera, seamonkey and elinksGiuseppe Bilotta, Dec 3, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2010
  12. Giuseppe BilottaDec 3, 2010
  13. 5/7 web--browse: better support for chromiumGiuseppe Bilotta, Dec 3, 2010
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2010
  15. Giuseppe BilottaDec 3, 2010
  16. 6/7 web--browse: use (x-)www-browser if availableGiuseppe Bilotta, Dec 3, 2010
  17. Christian CouderDec 3, 2010
  18. Giuseppe BilottaDec 3, 2010
  19. Junio C HamanoDec 3, 2010
  20. Giuseppe BilottaDec 3, 2010
  21. Jonathan NiederDec 4, 2010
  22. Giuseppe BilottaDec 4, 2010
  23. 7/7 web--browse: look at the BROWSER env varGiuseppe Bilotta, Dec 3, 2010
  24. Jonathan NiederDec 3, 2010
  25. Jonathan NiederDec 3, 2010

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