Re: [PATCH next v2] git-notes: add test case for multi-line notes

From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Jan 14, 2009, 17:14 UTC
Message-ID: <496E1D77.6000307@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <20090114165633.GC15758@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King schrieb:

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> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 05:28:11PM +0100, Tor Arne Vestbø wrote:
> 
>> +MSG=${MSG//%/}
>> +printf "$MSG" > "$1"
>> +printf "$MSG" >& 2
> 
> Substitution parameter expansion is a bash-ism, IIRC. How about just
> 
>   printf %s "$MSG" ?

A the point was that $MSG contains \n, which should be turned int LF. IMO, the easiest way to achieve this is:

MSG='b3 c3c3c3c3 d3d3d3'

test_expect_success ' ... ' '
   ...
   MSG="$MSG" git notes edit
'

and go back to using echo in the part cited above.

-- Hannes