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Re: [PATCH 10/20] git-submodule.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Jun 10, 2014, 08:19 UTC
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Am 6/10/2014 8:52, schrieb Johannes Sixt:
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> Am 6/10/2014 1:23, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>> Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> @@ -1059,13 +1059,17 @@ cmd_summary() {
>>>  		while read mod_src mod_dst sha1_src sha1_dst status sm_path
>>>  		do
>>>  			# Always show modules deleted or type-changed (blob<->module)
>>> -			test $status = D -o $status = T && echo "$sm_path" && continue
>>> +			case "$status" in
>>> +			[DT])
>>> +				printf '%s\n' "$sm_path" &&
>>> +				continue
>>> +			esac
>>
>> I think this conversion is wrong and causes parse error.  The
>> surrounding code cannot be seen in the context of thsi patch, but
>> looks somewhat like this:
>>
>> 	modules=$( ....
>>                    case "$status" in
>>                    [DT])
>>                            ...
>>                    esac
>>                    .... )
>>
>> Perhaps you would need to spell it with the extra opening
>> parenthesis, like so:
>>
>> 	case string in
>>         ([DT])
>>         	...
>> 	esac
>>
>> or something.
> 
> Do you just think that it causes parse errors or did you actually observe
> them? Because I think that no parse error should occur.

(I should not talk, but test...) bash and zsh get it wrong, dash and ksh get it right. http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_03 item 5 does leave some leeway for interpretation. So it's better to adjust as you suggest.

-- Hannes
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Message 19 of 35 in “avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"”
  1. 00/20 avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  2. 01/20 check_bindir: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  3. 02/20 contrib/examples/git-clone.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2014
  5. 03/20 contrib/examples/git-commit.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  6. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  7. 04/20 contrib/examples/git-merge.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  8. 05/20 contrib/examples/git-repack.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  9. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  10. 06/20 contrib/examples/git-resolve.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  11. 07/20 git-bisect.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  12. 08/20 git-mergetool.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  13. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  14. 09/20 git-rebase--interactive.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  15. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  16. 10/20 git-submodule.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 9, 2014
  18. Johannes SixtJun 10, 2014
  19. Johannes SixtJun 10, 2014
  20. 11/20 t/lib-httpd.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  21. 12/20 t/t0025-crlf-auto.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  22. 13/20 t/t0026-eol-config.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  23. 14/20 t/t4102-apply-rename.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  24. 15/20 t/t5000-tar-tree.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  25. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  26. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  27. David AguilarJun 10, 2014
  28. René ScharfeJun 10, 2014
  29. 16/20 t/t5403-post-checkout-hook.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  30. 17/20 t/t5538-push-shallow.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  31. 18/20 t/t9814-git-p4-rename.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  32. 19/20 t/test-lib-functions.sh: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  33. 20/20 CodingGuidelines: avoid "test <cond> -a/-o <cond>"Elia Pinto, Jun 6, 2014
  34. Torsten BögershausenJun 6, 2014
  35. Matthieu MoyJun 9, 2014

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