The Git CodingGuidelines prefer the $(...) construct for command substitution instead of using the backquotes `...`. The backquoted form is the traditional method for command substitution, and is supported by POSIX. However, all but the simplest uses become complicated quickly. In particular, embedded command substitutions and/or the use of double quotes require careful escaping with the backslash character. The patch was generated by: for _f in $(find . -name "*.sh") do shellcheck -i SC2006 -f diff ${_f} | ifne git apply -p2 done and then carefully proof-read. Signed-off-by: Elia Pinto <gitter.spiros@xxxxxxxxx> --- This is version 2 of the patch. In this one, only the commit message is reformatted https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220222084646.115147-1-gitter.spiros@xxxxxxxxx/t/#md1eb17764414c2a26421b1213ee084912c434d3b t/t6423-merge-rename-directories.sh | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/t/t6423-merge-rename-directories.sh b/t/t6423-merge-rename-directories.sh index 5b81a130e9..479db32cd6 100755 --- a/t/t6423-merge-rename-directories.sh +++ b/t/t6423-merge-rename-directories.sh @@ -4421,14 +4421,14 @@ test_setup_12c1 () { git checkout A && git mv node2/ node1/ && - for i in `git ls-files`; do echo side A >>$i; done && + for i in $(git ls-files); do echo side A >>$i; done && git add -u && test_tick && git commit -m "A" && git checkout B && git mv node1/ node2/ && - for i in `git ls-files`; do echo side B >>$i; done && + for i in $(git ls-files); do echo side B >>$i; done && git add -u && test_tick && git commit -m "B" @@ -4511,7 +4511,7 @@ test_setup_12c2 () { git checkout A && git mv node2/ node1/ && - for i in `git ls-files`; do echo side A >>$i; done && + for i in $(git ls-files); do echo side A >>$i; done && git add -u && echo leaf5 >node1/leaf5 && git add node1/leaf5 && @@ -4520,7 +4520,7 @@ test_setup_12c2 () { git checkout B && git mv node1/ node2/ && - for i in `git ls-files`; do echo side B >>$i; done && + for i in $(git ls-files); do echo side B >>$i; done && git add -u && echo leaf6 >node2/leaf6 && git add node2/leaf6 && @@ -4759,7 +4759,7 @@ test_setup_12f () { echo g >dir/subdir/tweaked/g && echo h >dir/subdir/tweaked/h && test_seq 20 30 >dir/subdir/tweaked/Makefile && - for i in `test_seq 1 88`; do + for i in $(test_seq 1 88); do echo content $i >dir/unchanged/file_$i done && git add . && -- 2.35.1