Hi Hannes,
On Mon, 21 Nov 2016, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> Am 21.11.2016 um 15:18 schrieb Johannes Schindelin:
> > -comment_char=$(git config --get core.commentchar 2>/dev/null | cut -c1)
> > -: ${comment_char:=#}
> > +comment_char=$(git config --get core.commentchar 2>/dev/null)
> > +case "$comment_char" in
> > +''|auto)
> > + comment_char=#
> > + ;;
> > +?)
> > + ;;
> > +*)
> > + comment_char=$(comment_char | cut -c1)
>
> comment_char is a command? Did you mean
>
> comment_char=$(echo "$comment_char" | cut -c1)
D'oh.
> It could be written without forking a process:
>
> comment_char=${comment_char%${comment_char#?}}
>
> (aka "remove from the end what remains after removing the first character")
I was considering this, actually, but it is rather unreadable. Better
rewrite it in C, to begin with.
Thanks,
Dscho