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Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] help: cleanup the contruction of keys_uniq

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Feb 13, 2026, 05:02 UTC
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On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Amisha Chhajed <amishhhaaaa@gmail.com> writes:
> > +test_expect_success 'git help --config-for-completion' '
> > +     file="$GIT_SOURCE_DIR/Documentation/config/add.adoc" &&
> > +     test_when_finished "git -C \"$GIT_SOURCE_DIR\" checkout -- Documentation/config/add.adoc" &&
> > +     cat <<-\EOF >>"$file" &&
> > +     aa*.b::
> > +     aa.b::
> > +     EOF
> > +     git help -c >human &&
> > +     grep -E \
> > +          -e "^[^.]+\.[^.]+$" \
> > +          -e "^[^.]+\.[^.]+\.[^.]+$" human |
> > +          sed -e "s/\*.*//" -e "s/<.*//" |
> > +          sort -u >human.munged &&
>
> Dedent "sed" and "sort" to the same level as "grep -E".

Also, don't we usually avoid having both `grep` and `sed` in the same pipeline like this, considering that `sed` alone should be able to handle the job itself?

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Message 11 of 31 in “clean leftover calls to string_list_remove_duplicates”
  1. 0/2 clean leftover calls to string_list_remove_duplicatesAmisha Chhajed, Feb 12, 2026
  2. 1/2 sparse-checkout: use string_list_sort_uAmisha Chhajed, Feb 12, 2026
  3. 2/2 help: ensure &keys_uniq follows sort -uAmisha Chhajed, Feb 12, 2026
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2026
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2026
  6. Amisha ChhajedFeb 12, 2026
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2026
  8. 1/2 sparse-checkout: use string_list_sort_uAmisha Chhajed, Feb 13, 2026
  9. 2/2 help: cleanup the contruction of keys_uniqAmisha Chhajed, Feb 13, 2026
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2026
  11. Eric SunshineFeb 13, 2026
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2026
  13. 1/2 sparse-checkout: use string_list_sort_uAmisha Chhajed, Feb 21, 2026
  14. 2/2 help: cleanup the contruction of keys_uniqAmisha Chhajed, Feb 21, 2026
  15. Amisha ChhajedFeb 21, 2026
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2026
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2026
  18. Amisha ChhajedFeb 22, 2026
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2026
  20. 0/1 Make keys_uniq stop depending on sort of keys_uniqAmisha Chhajed, Feb 28, 2026
  21. 1/1 help: cleanup the contruction of keys_uniqAmisha Chhajed, Feb 28, 2026
  22. Amisha ChhajedFeb 28, 2026
  23. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2026
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 2, 2026
  25. help: cleanup the contruction of keys_uniqAmisha Chhajed, Mar 11, 2026
  26. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2026
  27. Amisha ChhajedMar 11, 2026
  28. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2026
  29. Eric SunshineMar 11, 2026
  30. Junio C HamanoMar 11, 2026
  31. Eric SunshineMar 11, 2026

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