From: René Scharfe Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:55:39 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] (Really) Fix install-doc-quick target Message-ID: <46B879DB.4090504@lsrfire.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <7vd4y09f07.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Junio C Hamano schrieb: > Mark Levedahl writes: > >> + printf "$mandir/%s\n" $(git ls-tree -r --name-only $head) | xargs >> gzip -f > > No risk that ls-tree output is too long to fit within the exec > args limit to run printf? Perhaps this instead? git ls-tree -r --name-only $head | (cd "$mandir" && xargs gzip -f) René