Hi Bhaskar, 1- the Subject line is incomplete, missing some info: e.g. [PATCH] scripts: setlocalversion: fix shell syntax On 10/11/19 12:05 AM, Bhaskar Chowdhury wrote: 2- at this place, there should be a description of how the patch "fixes" the shell syntax. and why. > Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > scripts/setlocalversion | 22 +++++++++++----------- > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion > index 220dae0db3f1..b82a29bfc78a 100755 > --- a/scripts/setlocalversion > +++ b/scripts/setlocalversion > @@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ scm_version() > > # Check for git and a git repo. > if test -z "$(git rev-parse --show-cdup 2>/dev/null)" && > - head=`git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD 2>/dev/null`; then > + head=$(git rev-parse --verify --short HEAD 2>/dev/null); then 3- That indentation change is not good IMO. 4- The patch does seem to work, in my limited testing. 5- Near the beginning of the script, it seems to say that the author would like to be Cc:ed on patches. > > # If we are at a tagged commit (like "v2.6.30-rc6"), we ignore > # it, because this version is defined in the top level Makefile. > - if [ -z "`git describe --exact-match 2>/dev/null`" ]; then > + if [ -z "$(git describe --exact-match 2>/dev/null)" ]; then > > # If only the short version is requested, don't bother > # running further git commands > @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ scm_version() > fi > # If we are past a tagged commit (like > # "v2.6.30-rc5-302-g72357d5"), we pretty print it. > - if atag="`git describe 2>/dev/null`"; then > + if atag="$(git describe 2>/dev/null)"; then > echo "$atag" | awk -F- '{printf("-%05d-%s", $(NF-1),$(NF))}' > > # If we don't have a tag at all we print -g{commitish}. > @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ scm_version() > > # Is this git on svn? > if git config --get svn-remote.svn.url >/dev/null; then > - printf -- '-svn%s' "`git svn find-rev $head`" > + printf -- '-svn%s' "$(git svn find-rev $head)" > fi > > # Check for uncommitted changes. > @@ -91,15 +91,15 @@ scm_version() > fi > > # Check for mercurial and a mercurial repo. > - if test -d .hg && hgid=`hg id 2>/dev/null`; then > + if test -d .hg && hgid=$(hg id 2>/dev/null); then > # Do we have an tagged version? If so, latesttagdistance == 1 > - if [ "`hg log -r . --template '{latesttagdistance}'`" == "1" ]; then > - id=`hg log -r . --template '{latesttag}'` > + if [ "$(hg log -r . --template '{latesttagdistance}')" == "1" ]; then > + id=$(hg log -r . --template '{latesttag}') > printf '%s%s' -hg "$id" > else > - tag=`printf '%s' "$hgid" | cut -d' ' -f2` > + tag=$(printf '%s' "$hgid" | cut -d' ' -f2) > if [ -z "$tag" -o "$tag" = tip ]; then > - id=`printf '%s' "$hgid" | sed 's/[+ ].*//'` > + id=$(printf '%s' "$hgid" | sed 's/[+ ].*//') > printf '%s%s' -hg "$id" > fi > fi > @@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ scm_version() > fi > > # Check for svn and a svn repo. > - if rev=`LANG= LC_ALL= LC_MESSAGES=C svn info 2>/dev/null | grep '^Last Changed Rev'`; then > - rev=`echo $rev | awk '{print $NF}'` > + if rev=$(LANG= LC_ALL= LC_MESSAGES=C svn info 2>/dev/null | grep '^Last Changed Rev'); then > + rev=$(echo $rev | awk '{print $NF}') > printf -- '-svn%s' "$rev" > > # All done with svn > Thanks. -- ~Randy