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Re: [PATCH] Avoid using non-portable `echo -n` in tests.

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Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
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Oct 31, 2008, 15:38 UTC
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On Oct 31, 2008, at 4:15 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com> writes:
>
>> Not all /bin/sh have a builtin echo that recognizes -n.  Using printf
>> is far more portable.
>
> This is much better (minor nit: we do not care if echo is built-in or
> /bin/echo); the point of t4030 is to produce an incomplete line ;-).

Well, yes. The reason I phrased it that way was that my /bin/echo recognizes -n but /bin/sh does not.

~~ Brian
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Message 6 of 15 in “t4030: Don't use echo -n”
  1. t4030: Don't use echo -nBrian Gernhardt, Oct 30, 2008
  2. Ian HiltOct 30, 2008
  3. Brian GernhardtOct 31, 2008
  4. Avoid using non-portable `echo -n` in tests.Brian Gernhardt, Oct 31, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2008
  6. Brian GernhardtOct 31, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 31, 2008
  8. Steve FollyOct 31, 2008
  9. Shawn O. PearceOct 31, 2008
  10. Jeff KingOct 31, 2008
  11. Pierre HabouzitOct 31, 2008
  12. Jeff KingOct 31, 2008
  13. Francis GaliegueOct 31, 2008
  14. Johannes SchindelinOct 31, 2008
  15. Mike RalphsonNov 3, 2008

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