From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:31:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] git.c: support "!!" aliases that do not move cwd
Message-ID: <vpq37k844ej.fsf@anie.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1610071611550.35196@virtualbox>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Hi Matthieu,
>
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Matthieu Moy wrote:
>
>> Another possibility: !(nocd), which leaves room
>> for !(keyword1,keyword2,...) if needed later. Also, it is consistent
>> with the :(word) syntax of pathspecs.
>
> But is this backwards-compatible? Don't we execute everything that comes
> after the exclamation mark as a command-line via shell, where the
> parentheses mean "open a subshell"?

Good point. I can imagine someone already having

[alias]
	foo = !(cd bar && $something) && $something_else

Your proposed (keyword)! is better.

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Matthieu Moy
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