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Re: [PATCH] Warnings before rebasing -i published history

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 8, 2012, 14:55 UTC
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Tomas Carnecky <tomas.carnecky@gmail.com> writes:
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> On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:52:04 +0200, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:
>> Isn't a more conventional way to do that
>> 
>> sed -e '...' "$1" >"$1".new
>> mv "$1".new "$1"
>> 
>> ?
>
> Is sed -i not portable or what is the reason not to use it?

It is a GNUism so it is not portable (check POSIX.1 before asking), and that is the reason to avoid it.

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Message 11 of 25 in “Warnings before rebasing -i published history”
  1. Warnings before rebasing -i published historyLucien Kong, Jun 7, 2012
  2. Matthieu MoyJun 7, 2012
  3. konglu@minatec.inpg.frJun 8, 2012
  4. Matthieu MoyJun 8, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2012
  7. konglu@minatec.inpg.frJun 8, 2012
  8. Matthieu MoyJun 8, 2012
  9. Tomas CarneckyJun 8, 2012
  10. Matthieu MoyJun 8, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 8, 2012
  12. [PATCHv2] Warnings before rebasing -i published historyLucien Kong, Jun 11, 2012
  13. Matthieu MoyJun 11, 2012
  14. konglu@minatec.inpg.frJun 11, 2012
  15. Matthieu MoyJun 11, 2012
  16. branch --contains is unbearably slow [Re: [PATCHv2] Warnings before rebasing -i published history]Thomas Rast, Jun 11, 2012
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 11, 2012
  18. Thomas RastJun 11, 2012
  19. Thomas RastJun 11, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoJun 11, 2012
  21. 1/2 Warnings before rebasing -i published historyLucien Kong, Jun 11, 2012
  22. 2/2 Warnings before amending published historyLucien Kong, Jun 11, 2012
  23. Matthieu MoyJun 12, 2012
  24. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2012
  25. Nguy ThomasJun 12, 2012

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