On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Andrew Wong <andrew.kw.w@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > + test M = $(git cat-file commit HEAD^ | sed -ne \$p) && > + test L = $(git cat-file commit HEAD | sed -ne \$p) I couldn't find "$" (match last line) in the POSIX man page for sed. Besides, I think $(git show -s --format=%s HEAD) reads better. For future reference, and if you haven't already, you may want to install manpages-posix (or manpages-posix-dev?) and then you can run e.g. "man 1p sed" to see the POSIX man page for sed. -- 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