Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> + If <script> is `-` (a single dash), then the script to run is read
> + from stdin. This lets you more easily use single quotes within the
> + script by using a here-doc. For example:
> +
> + test_expect_success 'output contains expected string' <<-\EOT
Missing '-'?
> + grep "this string has 'quotes' in it" output
> + EOT
> +
> ...
> + # start with a newline, to match hanging newline from open-quote style
> + eval "$1=\$LF"
> + local test_line
> + while IFS= read -r test_line
> + do
> + eval "$1=\${$1}\${test_line}\${LF}"
> + done
I wonder if we can do this without relying on "read -r" (which I
distrust, perhaps out of superstition)? Perhaps by slurping the
whole thing with "$(cat)"?
Thanks.
