Re: [PATCH] git-new-workdir: Don't fail if the target directory is empty
OK, thanks for digging. Let's go with this version, then.
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Paul Smith <paul@mad-scientist.net> wrote:
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> On Tue, 2014-11-18 at 12:58 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Doesn't the description of the -A option I quoted upthread hint a
>> simpler and clearer solution? I.e. "test $(ls -A | wc -l) = 0"?
>
> Yes, but unfortunately for us the -A flag was added to POSIX Issue 7.
> It's not present in the previous version of POSIX, Issue 6:
>
> http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/ls.html
>
> It came from the BSD world, so it might not be available on older
> SysV-derived systems (AIX, HP-UX, even Solaris... I don't have access to
> these anymore so I can't say). Ultimately it's probably more portable
> to assume "ls -a" always prints "." and ".." than to assume "ls -A" is
> supported.
>
> Cheers!
>
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>