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Re: Weird problem with git-submodule.sh

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 7, 2012, 21:08 UTC
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Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xiplink.com> writes:
> It's FreeBSD 7.2, which I know is an obsolete version but I'm not able to
> upgrade the machine.  I believe FreeBSD's sh is, or is derived from, dash.

Finally. Yes, as you suspected, I am perfectly fine to explicitly set IFS to the default values.

I wanted to have specific names to write in the commit log message, in-code comments and possibly release notes. That way, people can decide if the issue affects them and they should upgrade once the fix is made.

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Message 8 of 19 in “Weird problem with git-submodule.sh”
  1. Marc BranchaudDec 7, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2012
  3. Marc BranchaudDec 7, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2012
  5. Marc BranchaudDec 7, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2012
  7. Marc BranchaudDec 7, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2012
  9. sh-setup: work around "unset IFS" bug in some shellsJunio C Hamano, Dec 7, 2012
  10. Marc BranchaudDec 7, 2012
  11. Andreas SchwabDec 7, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2012
  13. Andreas SchwabDec 8, 2012
  14. Stefano LattariniDec 9, 2012
  15. Phil HordDec 12, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2012
  17. Phil HordDec 12, 2012
  18. Marc BranchaudDec 7, 2012
  19. sh-setup: Explicitly set IFS to its default, instead of unsetting it.marcnarc@xiplink.com, Dec 7, 2012

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