Hello Pete. One more "outsider nit" here ... On Saturday 15 October 2011, Pete Wyckoff wrote: > > [SNIP] > > Add a test case to check utf16 handling, and +k and +ko handling. > > [SNIP] > > diff --git a/t/t9802-git-p4-filetype.sh b/t/t9802-git-p4-filetype.sh > new file mode 100755 > index 0000000..cf07e6d > --- /dev/null > +++ b/t/t9802-git-p4-filetype.sh > @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ > +#!/bin/sh > + > +test_description='git-p4 p4 filetype tests' > + > +. ./lib-git-p4.sh > + > +test_expect_success 'start p4d' ' > + start_p4d > +' > + > +test_expect_success 'utf-16 file create' ' > + ( > + cd "$cli" && > + > + # p4 saves this verbatim > + echo -e "three\nline\ntext" >f-ascii && > Not portable to (at least) solaris /usr/xpg4/bin/sh and /bin/ksh: $ /bin/ksh -c 'echo -e "three\nline\ntext"' -e three line text In fact, use of options and/or escape sequences in "echo" arguments is highly unportable (see the entry for `echo' in the "Limitations of Shell Builtins" section of the autoconf manual); your best bet is to use printf, which is more portable and well-behaved (at least on systems that are not musuem pieces). > > [SNIP] > > + > +build_smush() { > + cat >k_smush.py <<-EOF && > + import re, sys > + sys.stdout.write(re.sub(r'(?i)\\\$(Id|Header|Author|Date|DateTime|Change|File|Revision):[^$]*\\\$', r'$\1$', sys.stdin.read())) > + EOF > This is a basically a stylistic nit, so fell free to disregard it completely, but ... wouldn't it be simpler to quote the "EOF" at the here-doc beginning, so that you don't have to escape all the backslashes in the here-doc itself? Similarly for other later usages. Regards, Stefano -- 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