From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:52:48 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] git-p4: add P4 jobs to git commit message Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Junio C Hamano writes: > Not a new problem in this script, but we'd prefer to spell this as > > p4_add_job () { > > i.e. a space on both sides of (). > >> + name=$1 && >> + p4 job -f -i <<-EOF >> + Job: $name >> + Status: open >> + User: dummy >> + Description: >> + EOF >> +} > > It may be better without $name? Just so that I won't get misunderstood, with this I do not mean "Job: $name" line does not have to be there. I meant that there is no need to use name variable in this function; just writing $1 instead of $name there is better, as $name is not a function local variable in POSIX shells.