Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Here is another, as I seem to have managed to kill another one ;-)
>
> -- >8 --
>
> "VAR=VAL command" is sufficient to run 'command' with environment
> variable VAR set to value VAL without affecting the environment of
> the shell itself, but we cannot do the same with a shell function
> (most notably, "test_must_fail");
No? bash:
dak@lola:/usr/local/tmp/lilypond$ zippo()
> {
> echo $XXX
> echo $XXX
> }
dak@lola:/usr/local/tmp/lilypond$ XXX=8 zippo
8
8
dak@lola:/usr/local/tmp/lilypond$ /bin/dash
$ zippo()
> {
> echo $XXX
> echo $XXX
> }
$ XXX=8 zippo
8
8
$
dak@lola:/usr/local/tmp/lilypond$ /bin/ash
$ zippo()
> {
> echo $XXX
> echo $XXX
> }
$ XXX=8 zippo
8
8
$
Seems to work just fine with a set of typical shells.
--
David Kastrup
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