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From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
To: David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
Cc: gitster@pobox.com, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] difftool: Use eval to expand '--extcmd' expressions
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:40:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B502A0C.50108@viscovery.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1263539762-8269-3-git-send-email-davvid@gmail.com>

David Aguilar schrieb:
> -		$GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE"
> +		(eval $GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD "\"$LOCAL\"" "\"$REMOTE\"")

The new code is broken if $LOCAL or $REMOTE can contain double-quotes. How
about this alternative:

		eval $GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD '"$LOCAL"' '"$REMOTE"'

which I find more readable as well.

What's the reason for the sub-shell? Do you want to protect from shell
code in $GIT_DIFFTOOL_EXTCMD that modifies difftool's variables?

-- Hannes

  reply	other threads:[~2010-01-15  8:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-15  7:16 [PATCH 1/3] t7800-difftool.sh: Simplify the --extcmd test David Aguilar
2010-01-15  7:16 ` [PATCH 2/3] difftool: Add '-x' and as an alias for '--extcmd' David Aguilar
2010-01-15 19:46   ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-15 19:54     ` Bill Lear
2010-01-16  1:05       ` Junio C Hamano
2010-01-16 13:44         ` Bill Lear
2010-01-15  7:16 ` [PATCH 3/3] difftool: Use eval to expand '--extcmd' expressions David Aguilar
2010-01-15  8:40   ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2010-01-15 17:59     ` David Aguilar

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