On 29/07/10 17:25, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > I do agree that there need to be a way to find that information for the > end users, especially for those who just use binary-packaged git given by > their distros, but this codepath is _not_ the place to do it. > > How about replacing these with something simple like: > > echo >&2 "You are not running full 'bash'; exiting." ; exit 127 I take your point that this is not the place to advertise the mailing list, although I prefer to include instructions in error messages. Would you be amenable in principle to creating something like `man git-bug`? A quick search doesn't turn up any documents specifically about bug fixing/reporting, and a man page was the first place I thought to look. I'll happily withdraw this patch until I can have a crack at such a page. >> + BASH_VERSION: {$BASH_VERSION} >> + BASHOPTS: {$BASHOPTS} >> + SHELLOPTS: {$SHELLOPTS} >> + POSIXLY_CORRECT: {$POSIXLY_CORRECT} >> +EOF >> + echo -n " command line: {" >> + tr '\0' ' ' < /proc/$$/cmdline > > This looks like a Linux-ism to me. Caught red-flippered :) I'll use `ps` next time. - Andrew -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html