From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
To: Kate Ebneter <kate@ning.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Strange behavior (possible bug) using bash command subsitution with "git branch"
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:46:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fabb9a1e0911081446o7793eef1kcbad964c9a73edda@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C71C822C.22429%kate@ning.com>
Heya
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 23:11, Kate Ebneter <kate@ning.com> wrote:
> That is, if you run 'git branch' inside $() or ``, it lists the directories,
> too. I can't imagine that this is intended behavior, but perhaps I'm wrong.
Try enclosing it in quotes ;).
That is, compare:
$ echo "`git branch`"
with
$ echo `git branch`
The kicker is that there's a * in the output of git branch, which your
shell helpfully substitutes with the contents of your current
directory :).
--
Cheers,
Sverre Rabbelier
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-08 22:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-08 22:11 Strange behavior (possible bug) using bash command subsitution with "git branch" Kate Ebneter
2009-11-08 22:46 ` Sverre Rabbelier [this message]
2009-11-08 22:50 ` Kate Ebneter
2009-11-08 22:49 ` Björn Steinbrink
2009-11-08 23:03 ` Jeff King
2009-11-08 23:10 ` Kate Ebneter
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