From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 07 May 2005 18:38:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use backticks instead of $(command) to maintain /bin/sh compatibility
Message-ID: <7vy8aqanlh.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050507101530.GH23680@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

>>>>> "TG" == Thomas Glanzmann <sithglan@stud.uni-erlangen.de> writes:

TG> Hello,
>> You can nest $() which is valuable, unlike backtics.

TG> we're aware of this. But the specific script works perfectly fine
TG> without nested simple-command redirection. So what is your point?

If that is the case then I think the patch you posted to force
bash is backwards.  How about changing it to use backticks?