On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Subject: [PATCH] test-lib-functions.sh: rewrite test_seq without Perl > > Rewrite the 'seq' imitation only with commands and features > that are typically found as built-in in modern POSIX shells, > instead of relying on Perl to run a single-liner. > > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh > @@ -679,7 +679,12 @@ test_seq () { > 2) ;; > *) error "bug in the test script: not 1 or 2 parameters to test_seq" ;; > esac > - perl -le 'print for $ARGV[0]..$ARGV[1]' -- "$@" > + test_seq_counter__=$1 > + while test "$test_seq_counter__" -le "$2" > + do > + echo "$test_seq_counter__" > + test_seq_counter__=$(( $test_seq_counter__ + 1 )) > + done > } Looks (obviously) correct and works as expected on Mac and BSD. -- 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