From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:00:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] t0061: Fix incorrect indentation
Message-ID: <7vd3a8466u.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <op.v8mmwftk0aolir@keputer>

"Frans Klaver" <fransklaver@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:40:00 +0100, Jonathan Nieder
> <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Frans Klaver wrote:
>>
>>> +++ b/t/t0061-run-command.sh
>>> @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ test_description='Test run command'
>>> . ./test-lib.sh
>>>
>>> cat >hello-script <<-EOF
>>> -	#!$SHELL_PATH
>>> -	cat hello-script
>>> +#!$SHELL_PATH
>>> +cat hello-script
>>>  EOF
>>
>> Looks like a no-op --- the script already started with #! and no
>> leading tab for me.  Does it behave differently on your machine?
>
> Hurr? I'm fairly sure the script ended up being indented for me. I'll
> recheck.

It could be that your shell is broken and does not understand the
distinction between the "<<-EOF" vs "<<EOF". What system are you on? If
the problem is real and widespread, we might want to mention it in INSTALL
or Makefile, just like we label Solaris /bin/sh as unusable and advise
people to use /usr/xpg[46]/bin variant.