From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:39:09 GMT
Subject: Re: Shell script cleanups/style changes?
Message-ID: <7v3ayzjaqa.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070804203220.GZ29424@schiele.dyndns.org>

Robert Schiele <rschiele@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Florian,
>
> I recommend you read the other mails in this thread.  This issue is already
> completely resolved.

To be a bit more helpful, a short summary is:

 * SHELL_PATH in Makefile lets you munge installed scripts;

 * /bin/ksh is usable on Solaris and xpg4 is fine too;

 * We need to draw a line somewhere, and the current rule is
   that we cannot afford to support a shell that does not
   understand $(cmd) substitution, as we haven't seen a shell
   that supports ${parameter#word} but not $(cmd).