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[PATCH v2 1/2] git-prompt: make __git_eread intended use explicit

From
Robert Abel <rabel@robertabel.eu>
Date
Dec 1, 2017, 23:31 UTC
Message-ID
<20171201233133.30011-1-rabel@robertabel.eu>
In-Reply-To
<alpine.DEB.2.21.1.1712011143320.98586@virtualbox>

__git_eread is used to read a single line of a given file (if it exists) into a variable without the EOL. All six current users of __git_eread use it that way and don't expect multi-line content.

Thus, add a comment and explicitly use $2 instead of shifting the args down and using $@.

Signed-off-by: Robert Abel <rabel@robertabel.eu>
---
 contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
index c6cbef38c..41a471957 100644
--- a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
@@ -278,11 +278,12 @@ __git_ps1_colorize_gitstring ()
 	r="$c_clear$r"
 }
 
+# Helper function to read the first line of a file into a variable.
+# __git_eread requires 2 arguments, the file path and the name of the
+# variable, in that order.
 __git_eread ()
 {
-	local f="$1"
-	shift
-	test -r "$f" && read "$@" <"$f"
+	test -r "$1" && read "$2" <"$1"
 }
 
 # __git_ps1 accepts 0 or 1 arguments (i.e., format string)
-- 
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  2. git-prompt: fix reading files with windows line endingsRobert Abel, Nov 28, 2017
  3. Johannes SchindelinNov 29, 2017
  4. Robert AbelNov 29, 2017
  5. Johannes SchindelinNov 30, 2017
  6. Robert AbelNov 30, 2017
  7. Johannes SchindelinNov 30, 2017
  8. Robert AbelNov 30, 2017
  9. Johannes SchindelinDec 1, 2017
  10. 1/2 git-prompt: make __git_eread intended use explicitRobert Abel, Dec 1, 2017
  11. 2/2 git-prompt: fix reading files with windows line endingsRobert Abel, Dec 1, 2017
  12. Johannes SchindelinDec 4, 2017
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 4, 2017
  14. Robert AbelDec 4, 2017
  15. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2017
  16. Robert AbelDec 5, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoDec 5, 2017
  18. Robert AbelDec 5, 2017
  19. 1/2 git-prompt: make __git_eread intended use explicitRobert Abel, Dec 5, 2017
  20. 2/2 git-prompt: fix reading files with windows line endingsRobert Abel, Dec 5, 2017
  21. 1/2 git-prompt: make __git_eread intended use explicitRobert Abel, Dec 4, 2017
  22. 2/2 git-prompt: fix reading files with windows line endingsRobert Abel, Dec 4, 2017
  23. SZEDER GáborNov 30, 2017
  24. Johannes SchindelinNov 30, 2017
  25. SZEDER GáborNov 30, 2017

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