From: Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:38:31 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Replace perl code with pure shell code
Message-ID: <dbfc82860701290438y4e00cc05s5f8c8acdc8022768@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <86zm82dpql.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

On 1/29/07, Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com> wrote:
> >>>>> "Simon" == Simon 'corecode' Schubert <corecode@fs.ei.tum.de> writes:
>
> Simon> +                        destname="refs/$branch_top/${name#refs/heads/}" ;;
>
> I don't think this is portable shell.  At least Perl is the same everywhere.
> Ignore me if this is a shell syntax on something other than bash.

According to "The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6" [1]:

${parameter#word}
    Remove Smallest Prefix Pattern. The word shall be expanded to
produce a pattern. The parameter expansion shall then result in
parameter, with the smallest portion of the prefix matched by the
pattern deleted.

We do require a POSIX-compliant version of sh already, right?

  nikolai

[1] http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02_06_02