On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Gaurav Chhabra <varuag.chhabra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I had written the following code to check whether a push is for branch deletion: > > #!/bin/bash > > NULL="0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" > if [[ "$new_sha" -eq "$NULL" ]]; then # Line 17 > remote: Stdin: [0000000000000000000000000000000000000000] > [9226289d2416af4cb7365d7aaa5e382bdb3d9a89] [refs/heads/rel-a] > remote: > remote: hooks/pre-receive: line 17: [[: > 9226289d2416af4cb7365d7aaa5e382bdb3d9a89: value too great for base > (error token is "922628 > 9d2416af4cb7365d7aaa5e382bdb3d9a89") > > Although the new branch gets pushed to remote but i'm not sure why i'm > getting this error and how can i fix it. I checked online and i get > few links where folks had similar issue but in each such case, the > error token was 08 or 09. I still tried the suggestion of using "10#" > in front of my $new_sha variable but to no avail. > > Any suggestions? Yes, try using the string comparison '=' operator rather than the numeric comparison operator '-eq'. if [[ "$new_sha" = "$NULL" ]]; then -- 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