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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 4/4] pretty: test --expand-tabs
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On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 09:10:46PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote:

> > +       count=$1 ;# expected tabs
> 
> Why semicolon before the hash here and above?

I am in the habit of doing this, too. I have a vague recollection of
getting bitten by a shell that treated:

  echo foo # bar

or something similar as not-a-comment. But neither bash, dash, nor ksh
seem to. So I'm not sure if it was some other shell in my past, or if I
simply have an irrational fear.

-Peff