Johannes Schindelin <[email protected]> writes:
> Hi Matthieu,
>
> On Fri, 7 Oct 2016, Matthieu Moy wrote:
>
>> Another possibility: !(nocd), which leaves room
>> for !(keyword1,keyword2,...) if needed later. Also, it is consistent
>> with the :(word) syntax of pathspecs.
>
> But is this backwards-compatible? Don't we execute everything that comes
> after the exclamation mark as a command-line via shell, where the
> parentheses mean "open a subshell"?
Good point. I can imagine someone already having
[alias]
foo = !(cd bar && $something) && $something_else
Your proposed (keyword)! is better.
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Matthieu Moy
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