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Re: [BUG] git-submodule has bash-ism?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 1, 2016, 20:48 UTC
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John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk> writes:
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> Absolutely, my original point should have been prefixed with: I wonder
> if the reason we haven't had any problems reported is because ...
>
> And we've got lucky because the clobbering of global variables happens
> not to matter in these particular cases.

Ah, I did misunderstand why you were making that statement, and now I fully agree with your conclusion (which is what Jeff spelled out in the latest message) that the fact that we saw no breakage report is not a datapoint that everybody's shell supports "local" at all.

Thanks for clarification.
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  1. Junio C HamanoMay 31, 2016
  2. Stefan BellerMay 31, 2016
  3. submodule: remove bashism from shell scriptStefan Beller, Jun 1, 2016
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2016
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2016
  6. Jeff KingJun 1, 2016
  7. John KeepingJun 1, 2016
  8. Jeff KingJun 1, 2016
  9. John KeepingJun 1, 2016
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2016
  11. John KeepingJun 1, 2016
  12. Jeff KingJun 1, 2016
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 1, 2016
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  15. Eric SunshineJun 1, 2016
  16. Jeff KingJun 1, 2016
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