Re: [PATCH 8/8] hook-list.h: add a generated list of hooks, like config-list.h

> On 24/09/2021 20:30, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 24 2021, Phillip Wood wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Ævar
>>> On 23/09/2021 11:30, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
>>>> diff --git a/generate-hooklist.sh b/generate-hooklist.sh
>>>> new file mode 100755
>>>> index 00000000000..6d4e56d1a31
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/generate-hooklist.sh
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
>>>> +#!/bin/sh
>>>> +#
>>>> +# Usage: ./generate-hooklist.sh >hook-list.h
>>>> +
>>>> +cat <<EOF
>>>> +/* Automatically generated by generate-hooklist.sh */
>>>> +
>>>> +static const char *hook_name_list[] = {
>>>> +EOF
>>>> +
>>>> +sed -n -e '/^~~~~*$/ {x; s/^.*$/	"&",/; p;}; x' \
>>>
>>> POSIX does not support using a semicolon after a closing brace [1],
>>> grepping our code base with
>>> 	git grep 'sed .*};' '*.sh'
>>> does not give any matches so I don't think we're using that pattern
>>> any where else. Replacing the semicolon with ' -e' would fix it.
>>>
>>> Best Wishes
>>>
>>> Phillip
>> Does this fail on any system you're aware of? If so what OS/version
>> (and
>> preferably version of "sed").
>
> I'm not aware of any such system but I rarely use anything other than
> linux. As this departure from POSIX is not already in the code base I 
> thought it was worth flagging it. I did wonder if it would be
> supported by the various BSDs but you testing shows it is actually
> quite widely supported.
>
> Best Wishes
>
> Phillip