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From: Kate Ebneter <kate@ning•com>
To: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail•com>
Cc: <git@vger•kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Strange behavior (possible bug) using bash command subsitution  with "git branch"
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:50:18 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <C71C8B2A.22436%kate@ning.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fabb9a1e0911081446o7793eef1kcbad964c9a73edda@mail.gmail.com>

On 11/8/09 2:46 PM, "Sverre Rabbelier" <srabbelier@gmail•com> wrote:

> 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 :).

*head desk*

You know, I spent hours last night trying to figure that out. So simple.
Duh.

Thanks for pointing that out -- I knew it had to be something simple, but
sometimes you just can't see the forest for the trees! :-)

Thanks again,
Kate Ebneter

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2009-11-08 23:00 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
2009-11-08 22:50   ` Kate Ebneter [this message]
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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