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[PATCH] check-non-portable-shell: export X=Y usage

From
Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Date
Apr 25, 2013, 18:48 UTC
Message-ID
<201304252048.45137.tboegi@web.de>

The make test-lint could check for lines like export X=Y

This is bash syntax and should be written in 2 lines: X=Y export X

Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
---
 t/check-non-portable-shell.pl | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl b/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl
index 1ca8c8b..6a11b02 100755
--- a/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl
+++ b/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ my $bashmode=0;
 
 sub err {
 	my $msg = shift;
-	print "$ARGV:$.: error: (bashmode=$bashmode) $msg: $_\n";
+	print "$ARGV:$.: error: $msg: $_\n";
 	$exit_code = 1;
 }
 
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ while (<>) {
 	/^\s*declare\s+/ and err 'arrays/declare not portable';
 	/^\s*[^#]\s*which\s/ and err 'which is not portable (please use type)';
 	$bashmode==0 and /test\s+[^=]*==/ and err '"test a == b" is not portable (please use =)';
+	$bashmode==0 and /^\s*export\s+\S+=\S+/ and err '"export X=Y" is not portable (please split into 2 lines)';
 	# this resets our $. for each file
 	close ARGV if eof;
 	$bashmode=0 if eof;
-- 
1.8.2.1.614.g66d7af5
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  1. check-non-portable-shell: export X=Y usageTorsten Bögershausen, Apr 25, 2013

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