Re: GIT_DIR vs. --git-dir

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Sep 24, 2012, 15:42 UTC
Message-ID: <m2d31ba0lw.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <20120924144929.GA10349@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> Bash is even weirder than you might think. Try this:
>
>   $ echo ~/foo
>   /home/peff/foo
>
>   $ echo arg=~/foo
>   arg=/home/peff/foo
>
>   $ echo --arg=~/foo
>   --arg=~/foo

Bash expands all arguments that look like variable assignments. That lets you write "export arg=~/foo" even though a POSIX shell wouldn't tilde expand it.

Andreas.

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