The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do sed -i 's@`\(.*\)`@$(\1)@g' ${_f} done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@xxxxxxxxx> --- contrib/examples/git-checkout.sh | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-checkout.sh b/contrib/examples/git-checkout.sh index d2c1f98..683cae7 100755 --- a/contrib/examples/git-checkout.sh +++ b/contrib/examples/git-checkout.sh @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ else # Match the index to the working tree, and do a three-way. git diff-files --name-only | git update-index --remove --stdin && - work=`git write-tree` && + work=$(git write-tree) && git read-tree $v --reset -u $new || exit eval GITHEAD_$new='${new_name:-${branch:-$new}}' && @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ else # Do not register the cleanly merged paths in the index yet. # this is not a real merge before committing, but just carrying # the working tree changes along. - unmerged=`git ls-files -u` + unmerged=$(git ls-files -u) git read-tree $v --reset $new case "$unmerged" in '') ;; @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then fi if test -n "$branch" then - old_branch_name=`expr "z$oldbranch" : 'zrefs/heads/\(.*\)'` + old_branch_name=$(expr "z$oldbranch" : 'zrefs/heads/\(.*\)') GIT_DIR="$GIT_DIR" git symbolic-ref -m "checkout: moving from ${old_branch_name:-$old} to $branch" HEAD "refs/heads/$branch" if test -n "$quiet" then @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]; then fi elif test -n "$detached" then - old_branch_name=`expr "z$oldbranch" : 'zrefs/heads/\(.*\)'` + old_branch_name=$(expr "z$oldbranch" : 'zrefs/heads/\(.*\)') git update-ref --no-deref -m "checkout: moving from ${old_branch_name:-$old} to $arg" HEAD "$detached" || die "Cannot detach HEAD" if test -n "$detach_warn" -- 1.7.10.4 -- 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