Re: [PATCH 10/10] git-submodule.sh: don't use the -a or -b option with the test command

Jonathan Nieder writes: > Perhaps something like the following would work? > > tree-wide: convert test -a/-o to && and || > > The interaction with unary operators and operator precedence > for && and || are better known than -a and -o, and for that > reason we prefer them.

Re: [PATCH 10/10] git-submodule.sh: don't use the -a or -b option with the test command

Elia Pinto wrote: > Even though POSIX.1 lists -a/-o as options to "test", they are > marked "Obsolescent XSI". Scripts using these expressions > should be converted as follow: [... many lines snipped ...] This is a very long description, and it doesn't leave me excited by the change. Is there s

Re: [PATCH 10/10] git-submodule.sh: don't use the -a or -b option with the test command

I am very sorry : the comment is wrong. I will repost shortly. Best regards 2014-05-15 16:17 GMT+02:00 Elia Pinto : > Even though POSIX.1 lists -a/-o as options to "test", they are > marked "Obsolescent XSI". Scripts using these expressions > should be converted as follow: > > test "$1" -a "$2"

[PATCH 10/10] git-submodule.sh: don't use the -a or -b option with the test command

Even though POSIX.1 lists -a/-o as options to "test", they are marked "Obsolescent XSI". Scripts using these expressions should be converted as follow: test "$1" -a "$2" should be written as: test "$1" && test "$2" Likewise test "$1" -o "$2" should be written as: test "$1" test "$2" But n