Paul Tan <pyokagan@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Many tests in t5520 used the following to test the contents of files: > > test `cat file` = expected > > or > > test $(cat file) = expected > > These 2 forms, however, will be affected by field splitting and, > depending on the value of $IFS, may be split into multiple arguments, > making the test fail in mysterious ways. > > Replace the above 2 forms with: > > verbose test "$(cat file)" = expected Quoting is very much a good idea, but I am not enthused by the vision of having to write verbose everywhere in our script. After seeing a script fail, you can run it again with -i -x options; wouldn't it be sufficient? -- 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