Re: [PATCH 02/11] doc: doc-diff: allow more than one flag

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: May 15, 2021, 09:37 UTC
Message-ID: <YJ+WbMx+HTjbV2ZP@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20210514121435.504423-3-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>

On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 07:14:26AM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:

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> Signed-off-by: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/doc-diff | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/doc-diff b/Documentation/doc-diff
> index 1694300e50..ecd88b0524 100755
> --- a/Documentation/doc-diff
> +++ b/Documentation/doc-diff
> @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ render_tree () {
>  	# through.
>  	oid=$1 &&
>  	dname=$2 &&
> -	makemanflags=$3 &&
> +	makemanflags="$3" &&

This line does nothing; the shell won't split whitespace here either way.

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> @@ -181,6 +181,6 @@ render_tree () {
>  	fi
>  }
>  
> -render_tree $from_oid $from_dir $from_makemanflags &&
> -render_tree $to_oid $to_dir $to_makemanflags &&
> +render_tree $from_oid $from_dir "$from_makemanflags" &&
> +render_tree $to_oid $to_dir "$to_makemanflags" &&

This part is necessary (and sufficient).

It would be nice to mention in the commit message why the use of $makemanflags in render_tree must remain unquoted (as I did in mine when I made the same change).

-Peff