# Bug/comment 3 messages from 2018-01-29 to 2018-01-31. Participants: Ilija Pecelj, Andrew Ardill, Kaartic Sivaraam. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/47718 ## Ilija Pecelj, 2018-01-29 23:21 Subject: Bug/comment Message-ID: <2df7b921-6fe2-d55f-4ef0-3f4f0bd69261@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/2df7b921-6fe2-d55f-4ef0-3f4f0bd69261%40gmail.com ``` Though it might not be considered a bug 'per se' it is definitely wired. Namely, when you type 'yes' word and hit enter in git bash for widnows, the process enters infinite loop and just prints 'y' letter in new line. It can be interrupted with CTRL+C. I'm not sure if it has any other consequences other than printing letter 'y' in infinite loop. Cheers, Ilija ``` ## Andrew Ardill, 2018-01-30 00:02 Subject: Re: Bug/comment Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAH5451%3DXdotsk-t56ZPdybuAURYbHYe8xzD7uU%2BZZjSu3YtyWQ%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <2df7b921-6fe2-d55f-4ef0-3f4f0bd69261@gmail.com> ``` Hi Ilija, On 30 January 2018 at 10:21, Ilija Pecelj wrote: > Though it might not be considered a bug 'per se' it is definitely wired. > Namely, when you type 'yes' word and hit enter in git bash for widnows, the > process enters infinite loop and just prints 'y' letter in new line. What you are seeing is a program called `yes`, the job of which is to print the letter 'y' (or something else if requested) on a new line as often as it can. It is used, for example, when you want to answer 'yes' to all the prompts a program may ask. See more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_(Unix) I agree it's a little weird if you have no idea what it's doing, but it is very useful and very old, used by many many different scripts etc, and so unlikely to change. Regards, Andrew Ardill ``` ## Kaartic Sivaraam, 2018-01-31 17:38 Subject: Re: Bug/comment Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/c5b7b176-6814-66ac-fdd8-f90b0cc67649%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Tuesday 30 January 2018 05:32 AM, Andrew Ardill wrote: > Hi Ilija, > > On 30 January 2018 at 10:21, Ilija Pecelj wrote: >> Though it might not be considered a bug 'per se' it is definitely wired. >> Namely, when you type 'yes' word and hit enter in git bash for widnows, the >> process enters infinite loop and just prints 'y' letter in new line. > > ... > > I agree it's a little weird if you have no idea what it's doing, but > it is very useful and very old, used by many many different scripts > etc, and so unlikely to change. > Just to make things more clear, 'yes' is an UNIX utility (as hinted in the Wikipedia article link) that might come as part of Cygwin and is not a part of Git itself. -- Kaartic QUOTE β€œIt is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.” - J. K. Rowling WIKIPEDIA: DID YOU KNOW? Only 33% of internet users in India have heard of Wikipedia !! * What do you think could be the reason behind this? * What are ways in which the awareness about Wikipedia in India and other countries be increased ? Reference: * Give your ideas for increasing the awareness of Wikipedia in India and in other countries and get a Grant from the Wikimedia Foundation to bring your idea to life. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire * Know more about the awareness problem of Wikipedia https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Awareness https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Next_steps/Raising_awareness ```