Re: [PATCH] git-prompt: fix reading files with windows line endings

> > > diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
> > > index c6cbef38c2..71a64e7959 100644
> > > --- a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
> > > +++ b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
> > > @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ __git_eread ()
> > >  {
> > >  	local f="$1"
> > >  	shift
> > > -	test -r "$f" && read "$@" <"$f"
> > > +	test -r "$f" && read "$@" <"$f" && export $@="${!@%$'\r'}"
> 
> I don't think that export is necessary here.
> 
> > As far as I understand, $'\r' is a Bash-only construct, and this file
> > (git-prompt.sh) is targeting other Unix shells, too.
> 
> The only other shell the prompt (and completion) script is targeting
> is ZSH, and ZSH understands this construct.  We already use this
> construct to set IFS in several places in both scripts for a long
> time, so it should be fine here, too.