Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > In fact, all POSIX shells should support `cd -P' according to the spec, so it > should probably just be used directly instead of hoping that /bin/pwd exists. > > (cd -P "$1" && (cd .git ; pwd)) 2>/dev/null > > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/cd.html Yes but no ;-). I've said this a few times on the list in the past, but I'll repeat it again for new people. We reject something whose portability in question by saying "It's not _even in_ POSIX". We on the other hand try to refrain from saying "POSIX says you are supposed to have it, so screw people that are not fully POSIX". - 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
