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[PATCH v4 5/5] MyFirstObjectWalk: add stderr to pipe processing

From
Dirk Gouders <dirk@gouders.net>
Date
Mar 26, 2024, 13:08 UTC
Message-ID
<20240326130902.7111-6-dirk@gouders.net>
In-Reply-To
<cover.1711368498.git.dirk@gouders.net>

In the last chapter of this document, pipes are used in commands to filter out the first/last trace messages. But according to git(1), trace messages are sent to stderr if GIT_TRACE is set to '1', so those commands do not produce the described results.

Fix this by redirecting stderr to stdout prior to the pipe operator to additionally connect stderr to stdin of the latter command.

Further, while reviewing the above fix, Kyle Lippincott noticed a second issue with the second of the examples: a missing slash in the executable path "./bin-wrappers git".

Add the missing slash.
Helped-by: Kyle Lippincott <spectral@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Dirk Gouders <dirk@gouders.net>
---
 Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt b/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt
index 6901561263..90446c30a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ those lines without having to recompile.
 With only that change, run again (but save yourself some scrollback):
 
 ----
-$ GIT_TRACE=1 ./bin-wrappers/git walken | head -n 10
+$ GIT_TRACE=1 ./bin-wrappers/git walken 2>&1 | head -n 10
 ----
 
 Take a look at the top commit with `git show` and the object ID you printed; it
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ of the first handful:
 
 ----
 $ make
-$ GIT_TRACE=1 ./bin-wrappers git walken | tail -n 10
+$ GIT_TRACE=1 ./bin-wrappers/git walken 2>&1 | tail -n 10
 ----
 
 The last commit object given should have the same OID as the one we saw at the
-- 
2.43.0
Previous: Dirk Gouders
Message 49 of 49 in “Fixes for Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txt”
  1. 0/5 Fixes for Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txtDirk Gouders, Mar 19, 2024
  2. 1/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: use additional arg in config_fn_tDirk Gouders, Mar 19, 2024
  3. Kyle LippincottMar 23, 2024
  4. 2/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: fix misspelled "builtins/"Dirk Gouders, Mar 19, 2024
  5. 3/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: fix filtered object walkDirk Gouders, Mar 19, 2024
  6. 4/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: fix description for counting omitted objectsDirk Gouders, Mar 19, 2024
  7. Kyle LippincottMar 23, 2024
  8. Dirk GoudersMar 23, 2024
  9. 5/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: add stderr to pipe processingDirk Gouders, Mar 19, 2024
  10. Kyle LippincottMar 23, 2024
  11. Dirk GoudersMar 23, 2024
  12. Kyle LippincottMar 23, 2024
  13. Dirk GoudersMar 23, 2024
  14. Junio C HamanoMar 24, 2024
  15. 0/5 Fixes for Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txtDirk Gouders, Mar 25, 2024
  16. 2/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: fix misspelled "builtins/"Dirk Gouders, Mar 25, 2024
  17. 3/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: fix filtered object walkDirk Gouders, Mar 25, 2024
  18. 4/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: fix description for counting omitted objectsDirk Gouders, Mar 25, 2024
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2024
  20. Dirk GoudersMar 25, 2024
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2024
  22. Kyle LippincottMar 25, 2024
  23. 5/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: add stderr to pipe processingDirk Gouders, Mar 25, 2024
  24. 1/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: use additional arg in config_fn_tDirk Gouders, Mar 25, 2024
  25. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2024
  26. Dirk GoudersMar 25, 2024
  27. Kyle LippincottMar 25, 2024
  28. Dirk GoudersMar 25, 2024
  29. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2024
  30. Kyle LippincottMar 25, 2024
  31. Dirk GoudersMar 25, 2024
  32. 0/5 Fixes for Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txtDirk Gouders, Mar 26, 2024
  33. Kyle LippincottMar 27, 2024
  34. Dirk GoudersMar 27, 2024
  35. 0/5 Fixes for Documentation/MyFirstObjectWalk.txtDirk Gouders, Mar 27, 2024
  36. 1/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: use additional arg in config_fn_tDirk Gouders, Mar 27, 2024
  37. 2/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: fix misspelled "builtins/"Dirk Gouders, Mar 27, 2024
  38. 3/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: fix filtered object walkDirk Gouders, Mar 27, 2024
  39. 4/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: fix description for counting omitted objectsDirk Gouders, Mar 27, 2024
  40. 5/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: add stderr to pipe processingDirk Gouders, Mar 27, 2024
  41. 1/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: use additional arg in config_fn_tDirk Gouders, Mar 26, 2024
  42. 2/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: fix misspelled "builtins/"Dirk Gouders, Mar 26, 2024
  43. 3/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: fix filtered object walkDirk Gouders, Mar 26, 2024
  44. 4/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: fix description for counting omitted objectsDirk Gouders, Mar 26, 2024
  45. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2024
  46. Dirk GoudersMar 26, 2024
  47. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2024
  48. Dirk GoudersMar 27, 2024
  49. 5/5 MyFirstObjectWalk: add stderr to pipe processingDirk Gouders, Mar 26, 2024

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