From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2017 00:14:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] t0021/rot13-filter: add packet_initialize()
Message-ID: <xmqqfua2byje.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <09393EDB-19A3-4244-A88F-68EDA8470898@gmail.com>

Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> writes:

> BTW: I am using this little snippet to apply patches from the mailing:
>
>     PATCH=$(curl -L --silent https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqr2tpcn6g.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/raw); 
>     ((printf '%s' "$PATCH" | git am -3) || (git am --abort; printf '%s' "$PATCH" | git apply)) && 
>     echo && echo "Patch successfully applied"
>
> Does this look sensible to you?

Sensible?  I have no answer.  I wouldn't trust printf well enough to
stuff large value in a shell variable and feeding it myself in the
first place, but I would not be surprised if you did

	VAR=$(command) && printf '%s' "$VAR" >output

and ended up with a file with an incomplete line at the end.