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With one big exception, git-prompt.sh should now be both almost posix
compliant, and also compatible with most (posix-ish) shells.
That exception is the use of "local" vars in functions, which happens
extensively in the current code, and is not simple to replace with
posix compliant code (but also not impossible).
Luckily, almost all shells support "local" as used by the current
code, with the notable exception of ksh93[u+m], but also the Schily
minimal posix sh (pbosh), and yash in posix mode.
See assessment below that "local" is likely the only blocker in those.
So except mainly ksh93, git-prompt.sh now works in most shells:
- bash, zsh, dash since at least 0.5.8, free/net bsd sh, busybox-ash,
mksh, openbsd sh, pdksh(!), Schily extended Bourne sh (bosh), yash.
which is quite nice.
As an anecdote, replacing the 1st line in __git_ps1() (local exit=$?)
with these 2 makes it work in all tested shells, even without "local":
# handles only 0/1 args for simplicity. needs +5 LOC for any $#
__git_e=$?; local exit="$__git_e" 2>/dev/null ||
{(eval 'local() { export "$@"; }'; __git_ps1 "$@"); return "$__git_e"; }
Explanation:
If the shell doesn't have the command "local", define our own
function "local" which instead does plain (global) assignents.
Then use __git_ps1 in a subshell to not clober the caller's vars.
This happens to work because currently there are no name conflicts
(shadow) at the code, initial value is not assumed (i.e. always
doing either 'local x=...' or 'local x;... x=...'), and assigned
initial values are quoted (local x="$y"), preventing word split and
glob expansion (i.e. assignment context is not assumed).
The last two (always init, quote values) seem to be enough to use
"local" portably if supported, and otherwise shells indeed differ.
Uses "eval", else shells with "local" may reject it during parsing.
We don't need "export", but it's smaller than writing our own loop.
While cute, this approach is not really sustainable because all the
vars become global, which is hard to maintain without conflicts
(but hey, it currently has no conflicts - without even trying...).
However, regardless of being an anecdote, it provides some support to
the assessment that "local" is the only blocker in those shells.
Signed-off-by: Avi Halachmi (:avih) <avihpit@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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