Re: t0090-cache-tree fails due to wc whitespace
Am 12/14/2011 15:35, schrieb Brian Gernhardt:
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> It's time for my periodic complaint: People assuming `wc -l` outputs
> just a number. wc on OS X (and perhaps other BSD-like systems) always
> aligns the output in columns, even with the -l flag. Generally this
> results in a quick patch from me to remove some unneeded quotes.
> However, this time it's used in a more complex manner:
>
> echo "SHA " \
> "($(git ls-files|wc -l) entries, 0 subtrees)" >expect &&
> cmp_cache_tree expect
I'd solve it by moving the command substitution outside the quoted string:
printf "SHA (%d entries, 0 subtrees)\n" \
$(git ls-files | wc -l) >expect &&
Other proposed solutions add another process. I don't like that on Windows ;)
-- Hannes
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>