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Re: [PATCH] rebase: Fix documentation about used shell in -x

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 16, 2024, 17:58 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> Maybe it makes sense to just say:
>
>   ...in a shell (the default one, usually /bin/sh), ...
>
> It might even make sense to just drop the parenthetical phrase entirely.
> Git executes lots of things using a shell, and it is always "the default
> one", but we don't bother saying so in most places.

Thanks for your archaeological skill, as always. I like the deliberate "vagueness" of the above.

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  1. rebase: Fix documentation about used shell in -xNikolay Borisov, Jan 16, 2024
  2. Jeff KingJan 16, 2024
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2024
  4. Kristoffer HaugsbakkJan 16, 2024
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2024

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