command_bidi_pipe takes the git command and optional arguments as an array, not a string. Make sure the documentation example is usable code. Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <e@xxxxxxxxx> --- perl/Git.pm | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/perl/Git.pm b/perl/Git.pm index 03bf570bf4..aebfe0c6e0 100644 --- a/perl/Git.pm +++ b/perl/Git.pm @@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ sub command_bidi_pipe { and it is the fourth value returned by C<command_bidi_pipe()>. The call idiom is: - my ($pid, $in, $out, $ctx) = $r->command_bidi_pipe('cat-file --batch-check'); + my ($pid, $in, $out, $ctx) = $r->command_bidi_pipe(qw(cat-file --batch-check)); print $out "000000000\n"; while (<$in>) { ... } $r->command_close_bidi_pipe($pid, $in, $out, $ctx); @@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ sub command_bidi_pipe { calling this function. This may be useful in a query-response type of commands where caller first writes a query and later reads response, eg: - my ($pid, $in, $out, $ctx) = $r->command_bidi_pipe('cat-file --batch-check'); + my ($pid, $in, $out, $ctx) = $r->command_bidi_pipe(qw(cat-file --batch-check)); print $out "000000000\n"; close $out; while (<$in>) { ... }