On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 1:38 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> IOW, $cmd is just an early part of a shell command line that takes a
> filename as its last argument, so I think it would be fine for $cmd
> to be "perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts". I did not test it, and
> it would be appreciated if people can test it.
>
> diff --git c/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt w/Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt
> @@ -1118,12 +1118,12 @@ valuable, such as changing the Reply-to address or adding more CC and BCC lines.
> -codebase and run `contrib/contacts/git-contacts` (you must have Perl installed +
> -in your system).]
> +codebase and run `perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts` (you must have Perl +
> +installed in your system).]
I wonder if we really need to hand-hold so much to tell people that
they must have Perl installed, especially since the command being run
_is_ `perl`. It might be sufficient simply to say:
... codebase and run `perl contrib/contacts/git-contacts`.]
Anyhow, it's a minor point.
