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Re: [PATCH 1/3] mergetool-lib: use $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP to check GNOME

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 5, 2020, 22:14 UTC
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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:
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> Rather than looping and mucking with IFS, even easier would be:
>
> is_desktop () {
>     case ":$XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP:" in
>     *:$1:*) return 0 ;;
>     *) return 1 ;;
>     esac
> }
>
> But perhaps that's too magical for people?
Nah, that is exactly how 'case' in shell is supposed to be used.
Thanks.
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  1. 0/3 mergetool-lib: Don't use deprecated variable to detect GNOMEMarco Trevisan via GitGitGadget, Aug 5, 2020
  2. 1/3 mergetool-lib: use $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP to check GNOMEMarco Trevisan (Treviño) via GitGitGadget, Aug 5, 2020
  3. Eric SunshineAug 5, 2020
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 5, 2020
  5. Marco Trevisan (Treviño)Aug 6, 2020
  6. 2/3 mergetool-lib: keep a list of cross desktop merge toolsMarco Trevisan (Treviño) via GitGitGadget, Aug 5, 2020
  7. Eric SunshineAug 5, 2020
  8. Johannes SixtAug 6, 2020
  9. Marco Trevisan (Treviño)Aug 6, 2020
  10. Marco Trevisan (Treviño)Aug 6, 2020
  11. 3/3 mergetool-lib: give kdiff3 prioirty in KDE environmentsMarco Trevisan (Treviño) via GitGitGadget, Aug 5, 2020
  12. Eric SunshineAug 5, 2020
  13. Marco Trevisan (Treviño)Aug 6, 2020
  14. Eric SunshineAug 6, 2020
  15. 0/2 mergetool-lib: Don't use deprecated variable to detect GNOMEMarco Trevisan via GitGitGadget, Aug 6, 2020
  16. 1/2 mergetool-lib: use $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP to check GNOMEMarco Trevisan (Treviño) via GitGitGadget, Aug 6, 2020
  17. 2/2 mergetool-lib: give kdiff3 priority in KDE environmentsMarco Trevisan (Treviño) via GitGitGadget, Aug 6, 2020

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