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Re: [PATCH] contrib/git-resurrect.sh: do not write \t for HT in sed scripts

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Jakub Narębski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 2, 2017, 09:58 UTC
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W dniu 01.04.2017 o 06:14, Junio C Hamano pisze:
> Just like we did in 0d1d6e50 ("t/t7003: replace \t with literal tab
> in sed expression", 2010-08-12), avoid writing "\t" for HT in sed
> scripts, which is not portable.

I guess it is not possible to use HT variable (similar to LF that we have in t/test-lib.sh, and which is defined by some scripts) set to literal tab

  HT="	"
wouldn't work there, is it?
Using this variable would make literal tab character more visible.
-- 
Jakub Narębski
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