Stefan Beller <sbel...@google.com> writes: > On OSX `wc` prefixes the output of numbers with whitespace, such that > the `commit_count` would be "SP <NUMBER>". When using that in > > git submodule update --init --depth=$commit_count > > the depth would be empty and the number is interpreted as the pathspec. > Fix this by not using `wc` and rather instruct rev-list to count. > > Another way to fix this is to remove the `=` sign after the `--depth` > argument as then we are allowed to have more than just one whitespace > between `--depth` and the actual number. Prefer the solution of rev-list > counting as that is expected to be slightly faster and more self-sustained > within Git.
You meant self-contained, I would guess. There are a couple of "log --oneline | wc -l" remaining that are currently safe but they may be a time-bomb waiting to go off. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
