From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 10:46:47 GMT
Subject: Re: Fwd: [PATCH] git-subtree: Avoid using echo -n even indirectly
Message-ID: <52553417.2090903@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAAcnjCQ+c=8wYZkqS7VzZ_bDDDkSwdQ3qdz77osrSpKDS9ON7Q@mail.gmail.com>

Am 10/9/2013 12:32, schrieb Paolo Giarrusso:
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Paolo G. Giarrusso
>> <p.giarrusso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> diff --git a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
>>> index 7d7af03..ebfb78f 100755
>>> --- a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
>>> +++ b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh
>>> @@ -592,7 +592,9 @@ cmd_split()
>>>         eval "$grl" |
>>>         while read rev parents; do
>>>                 revcount=$(($revcount + 1))
>>> -               say -n "$revcount/$revmax ($createcount)
>>> "
>>> +               if [ -z "$quiet" ]; then
>>> +                       printf "%s" "$revcount/$revmax ($createcount)
>>> " >&2
> 
> An additional note for reviewers and appliers: the original and the
> patched codeboth embed a literal ^M,
>...
> whether the code should use some
> escape sequence instead.

As you are using printf, you can easily do:

			printf '%s\r' "..."

without using ^M.

-- Hannes