Re: [PATCH] rebase: update comment about FreeBSD /bin/sh

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Ed Maste <emaste@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Commit 9f50d32 introduced a fix for FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehaviour
> when dot-sourcing a file containing "return" statements outside of
> any function, from a function in another shell script. That issue
> affects FreeBSD 9.x, and is not present in the /bin/sh in FreeBSD
> 10.3 and later. Update the comment to clarify this.
>
> The example from 9f50d32's commit message produces the expected output
> on FreeBSD 10.3 and -CURRENT (the upcoming 11.0):
>
> % sh script1.sh
> only this line should show
> %
>
> Signed-off-by: Ed Maste <emaste@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  git-rebase--am.sh          | 4 ++--
>  git-rebase--interactive.sh | 4 ++--
>  git-rebase--merge.sh       | 4 ++--
>  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Nice.

It's only two years since 9f50d32b (rebase: avoid non-function use
of "return" on FreeBSD, 2014-04-11) so we still need the warning,
but eventually 9.x will die out and we can stop worrying about this
one.

Thanks, will queue.

> diff --git a/git-rebase--am.sh b/git-rebase--am.sh
> index 9ae898b..3752393 100644
> --- a/git-rebase--am.sh
> +++ b/git-rebase--am.sh
> @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
>  # below were not inside any function, and expected to return
>  # to the function that dot-sourced us.
>  #
> -# However, FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehaves on such a construct and
> -# continues to run the statements that follow such a "return".
> +# However, older (9.x) versions of FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehave on such a
> +# construct and continue to run the statements that follow such a "return".
>  # As a work-around, we introduce an extra layer of a function
>  # here, and immediately call it after defining it.
>  git_rebase__am () {
> diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
> index 6e96abc..05f22e4 100644
> --- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
> +++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
> @@ -1038,8 +1038,8 @@ check_todo_list () {
>  # below were not inside any function, and expected to return
>  # to the function that dot-sourced us.
>  #
> -# However, FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehaves on such a construct and
> -# continues to run the statements that follow such a "return".
> +# However, older (9.x) versions of FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehave on such a
> +# construct and continue to run the statements that follow such a "return".
>  # As a work-around, we introduce an extra layer of a function
>  # here, and immediately call it after defining it.
>  git_rebase__interactive () {
> diff --git a/git-rebase--merge.sh b/git-rebase--merge.sh
> index 8d43db9..06a4723 100644
> --- a/git-rebase--merge.sh
> +++ b/git-rebase--merge.sh
> @@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ finish_rb_merge () {
>  # below were not inside any function, and expected to return
>  # to the function that dot-sourced us.
>  #
> -# However, FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehaves on such a construct and
> -# continues to run the statements that follow such a "return".
> +# However, older (9.x) versions of FreeBSD /bin/sh misbehave on such a
> +# construct and continue to run the statements that follow such a "return".
>  # As a work-around, we introduce an extra layer of a function
>  # here, and immediately call it after defining it.
>  git_rebase__merge () {
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