Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> writes: > >> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: >> >>> It might be POSIX, but there are shells that do not like the >>> expression 'export VAR=VAL'. >> >> As long as we have no positive report about any such shell that >> _otherwise_ would be usable for git, why bother? > > I thought somebody already mention that ash mishandles "export VAR=VAL" > but otherwise Ok. dak@lola:~$ ash $ export JUNK=woozle $ sh -c 'echo $JUNK' woozle $ exit dak@lola:~$ dash $ export JUNK=woozle $ sh -c 'echo $JUNK' woozle $ exit What problem are we talking about exactly, and with what shell? -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html