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Re: [PATCH 1/2] am: handle stray $dotest directory

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Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 14, 2013, 16:15 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> The reason would become clear once you think what string you are
> feeding eval_gettext with if you do not escape.  The translators
> translate a fixed string (possibly with placeholders) to a fixed
> translated string (possibly with placeholders).
>
>         eval_gettext "Stray $dotest directory found. ..."
>
> would allow the shell to expand $dotest before eval_gettext sees it,
> which would mean the string is no longer a constant.

Ah. I was scratching my head wondering why $dotest needed to be translated (it's just a path).

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  1. 0/2 Fix am with stray $dotest directoryRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 14, 2013
  2. 1/2 am: handle stray $dotest directoryRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 14, 2013
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  16. 2/2 t/am: use test_path_is_missing() where appropriateRamkumar Ramachandra, Jun 14, 2013

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