Am 21.11.2016 um 15:18 schrieb Johannes Schindelin:
-comment_char=$(git config --get core.commentchar 2>/dev/null | cut -c1)
-: ${comment_char:=#}
+comment_char=$(git config --get core.commentchar 2>/dev/null)
+case "$comment_char" in
+''|auto)
+ comment_char=#
+ ;;
+?)
+ ;;
+*)
+ comment_char=$(comment_char | cut -c1)
comment_char is a command? Did you mean
comment_char=$(echo "$comment_char" | cut -c1)
It could be written without forking a process:
comment_char=${comment_char%${comment_char#?}}
(aka "remove from the end what remains after removing the first character")
-- Hannes
