From: Robert Watson <robert.oo.watson@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:32:26 GMT
Subject: Re: uncommon shell code
Message-ID: <72499e3b05092301322a145e52@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vu0gclpyo.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On 9/22/05, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> Robert Watson <robert.oo.watson@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I found the following shell code in git-tag.sh (and others):
>
> My fault; see point 2. in this article:
>
>         http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git&m=112386506308820&w=2
>
> Please either get used to it or wait until I decide to modernize
> the scripts wholesale, whichever comes first.
>

I see.  I thought I was old fashioned by sticking to test instead of
[] (that is your point 1), but obviously I am not old enough ;)

Well, it's fine now that I know what it is.  But it hurts readability,
and probably it's a good idea to simplify it.  Any reasonable shell
should built-in test(1)?

Robertoo