Perl's split function takes a regex pattern argument. You can also feed it an expression, which is then compiled into a regex at runtime. It therefore works to pass your pattern via single quotes, but it is much less obvious to a reader that the argument is meant to be a regex, not a static string. Using the traditional slash-delimiters makes this easier to read. Signed-off-by: Célestin Matte <celestin.matte@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl index 410eae9..a7bb397 100755 --- a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl +++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl @@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ sub mw_push_revision { # history (linearized with --first-parent) print STDERR "Warning: no common ancestor, pushing complete history\n"; my $history = run_git("rev-list --first-parent --children $local"); - my @history = split('\n', $history); + my @history = split(/\n/, $history); @history = @history[1..$#history]; foreach my $line (reverse @history) { my @commit_info_split = split(/ |\n/, $line); -- 1.8.3.rc3.18.g21a7b2c -- 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