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Re: git-fetch per-repository speed issues

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Jul 4, 2006, 05:53 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0607032240260.12404@g5.osdl.org>
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<1151990980.4723.132.camel@neko.keithp.com>
On Mon, 3 Jul 2006, Keith Packard wrote:
>
>     361 /usr/bin/expr
> 
> someone sure likes 'expr'...
Heh. That's a very Junio thing to do.
Junio seems to like
	if expr "z$string" : "z<regexp>" >/dev/null
	then
		..
and I think he explained it as being the way old-fashioned users do it.
		Linus
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  2. Linus TorvaldsJul 3, 2006
  3. Jeff KingJul 4, 2006
  4. Ryan AndersonJul 4, 2006
  5. Jeff KingJul 4, 2006
  6. Ryan AndersonJul 4, 2006
  7. Linus TorvaldsJul 4, 2006
  8. Jeff KingJul 5, 2006
  9. Linus TorvaldsJul 5, 2006
  10. Jakub NarebskiJul 4, 2006
  11. Jakub NarebskiJul 4, 2006
  12. Thomas GlanzmannJul 4, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  14. Linus TorvaldsJul 4, 2006
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  16. David WoodhouseJul 6, 2006
  17. Linus TorvaldsJul 4, 2006
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  19. Linus TorvaldsJul 4, 2006
  20. Keith PackardJul 4, 2006
  21. Andreas EricssonJul 4, 2006
  22. Matthias KestenholzJul 4, 2006
  23. Andreas EricssonJul 4, 2006
  24. Keith PackardJul 4, 2006
  25. Linus TorvaldsJul 4, 2006
  26. Keith PackardJul 4, 2006
  27. Linus TorvaldsJul 4, 2006
  28. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  29. Keith PackardJul 4, 2006
  30. Linus TorvaldsJul 4, 2006

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