Hi Junio, On Tue, 24 May 2022, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > > Do you know of any `grep` implementation that has problems with text > > missing the usual trailing newlines? > > I recall that we had reports on BSD variants, but please do not > quote me on that. Perhaps all the BSD variants are good now, or > perhaps some aren't. I did not recall any such reports, but take your word for it. > In any case, I do not take the "if it works on Windows and Linux, we > do not care about the rest of the world" world view, Just in case it was unclear to you: we're on the same page here. > so finding the answer to that question unfortunately does not give much > input to the issue in either way. > > And in this particular case, it is much simpler to mak sure that the > file does not end in an incomplete line than us exchanging e-mails > back and forth, so that would be the most economical solution I > would prefer. Indeed, the trailing newline is easily added and fixes a known issue, so I'm all for it. Ciao, Dscho
