"Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy" <pclouds@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 8/2/07, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Non POSIX substitions such as ${parameter/pattern/string} and
>> ${parameter:offset} are not to be used. We do not want to
>> depend on bash.
>
> There is in a test (t5300-pack-objects.sh) but I guess the
> restrictions do not apply on tests.
Oh, but they definitely should. Precisely on those platforms with
shells not generally in use by the developers it becomes _most_
important to reliably be able to trace failed tests to problems with
the _commands_, not problems with the tests.
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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
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