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Re: [PATCH] git-rebase.sh: Use POSIX/Susv command substitution instead of backticks

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Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Date
Feb 5, 2008, 22:53 UTC
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* Tue 2008-02-05 Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
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> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Jari Aalto wrote:
>
>> Use redable $(<command>) syntax instead of backtics in code.  See The 
>> Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition
>
> Sorry, I am not quite sure if this patch is worth it: either you want to 
> clean this up in _all_ of our shell scripts, or you leave it.  
Yes, that's the plan. This is just a start.
Jari
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  1. git-rebase.sh: Use POSIX/Susv command substitution instead of backticksJari Aalto, Feb 5, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 5, 2008
  3. Jari AaltoFeb 5, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinFeb 5, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2008
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