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From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
To: Matthew DeVore <matvore@google.com>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Jonathan Nieder <jrn@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] CodingGuidelines: add shell piping guidelines
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 08:36:05 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPig+cRmeyEsa_GXe6q6uh=O-GD6b=jE3ZkX-+UwzeL_HvrLoQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMfpvhKejvbgzwtTv93iqLG8fMxqZW_MRTAU0q9bDArqJU2zUg@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 10:11 PM Matthew DeVore <matvore@google.com> wrote:
> Yes, it's probably better to add a point about that. Here is the new
> documentation after applying your suggestions:
>
>  - If a piped sequence which spans multiple lines, put each statement

s/which//

>    on a separate line and put pipes on the end of each line, rather
>    than the start. This means you don't need to use \ to join lines,
>    since | implies a join already.
>         [...]
>  - In a pipe, any exit codes returned by processes besides the last
>    are ignored. This means that if git crashes at the beginning or
>    middle of a pipe, it may go undetected. Prefer writing the output
>    of that command to a temporary file with '>' rather than pipe it.
>
>  - The $(git ...) construct also discards git's exit code, so if the
>    goal is to test that particular command, redirect its output to a
>    temporary file rather than wrap it with $( ).

This all sounds better.

  reply	other threads:[~2018-09-19 12:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-09-15  0:02 [PATCH v1 0/2] Cleanup tests for test_cmp argument ordering and "|" placement Matthew DeVore
2018-09-15  0:02 ` [PATCH v1 1/2] t/*: fix pipe placement and remove \'s Matthew DeVore
2018-09-17 16:31   ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-09-17 21:47     ` Matthew DeVore
2018-09-15  0:02 ` [PATCH v1 2/2] t/*: fix ordering of expected/observed arguments Matthew DeVore
2018-09-17 12:56   ` Matthew DeVore
2018-09-15 15:55 ` [PATCH v1 0/2] Cleanup tests for test_cmp argument ordering and "|" placement Junio C Hamano
2018-09-17 22:24 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] Clean up tests for test_cmp arg ordering and pipe placement Matthew DeVore
2018-09-17 22:24   ` [PATCH v2 4/6] tests: Add linter check for pipe placement style Matthew DeVore
2018-09-18  0:34     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-09-19 17:39       ` Matthew DeVore
     [not found] ` <cover.1537223021.git.matvore@google.com>
2018-09-17 22:24   ` [PATCH v2 1/6] CodingGuidelines: add shell piping guidelines Matthew DeVore
2018-09-18  0:16     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-09-19  2:11       ` Matthew DeVore
2018-09-19 12:36         ` Eric Sunshine [this message]
2018-09-19 14:24         ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-19 20:06           ` Matthew DeVore
2018-09-17 22:24   ` [PATCH v2 2/6] tests: standardize pipe placement Matthew DeVore
2018-09-17 22:24   ` [PATCH v2 3/6] t/*: fix ordering of expected/observed arguments Matthew DeVore
2018-09-17 22:24   ` [PATCH v2 4/6] tests: add linter check for pipe placement style Matthew DeVore
2018-09-17 22:24   ` [PATCH v2 5/6] tests: split up pipes Matthew DeVore
2018-09-18  1:30     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-09-19  2:33       ` Matthew DeVore
2018-09-17 22:24   ` [PATCH v2 6/6] t9109-git-svn-props.sh: split up several pipes Matthew DeVore
2018-09-18  1:56     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-09-19  2:56       ` Matthew DeVore
2018-09-19 12:50         ` Eric Sunshine
2018-09-19 18:43           ` Matthew DeVore
2018-09-21  1:43 ` [PATCH v3 0/5] Clean up tests for test_cmp arg ordering and pipe placement Matthew DeVore
2018-09-21  1:43   ` [PATCH v3 1/5] CodingGuidelines: add shell piping guidelines Matthew DeVore
2018-09-21  2:06     ` Eric Sunshine
2018-09-21 21:03       ` Matthew DeVore
2018-09-24 21:03     ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-09-25 21:58       ` Matthew DeVore
2018-09-27 21:18         ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-10-01 23:07           ` Matthew DeVore
2018-09-21  1:43   ` [PATCH v3 2/5] tests: standardize pipe placement Matthew DeVore
2018-09-21  1:43   ` [PATCH v3 3/5] t/*: fix ordering of expected/observed arguments Matthew DeVore
2018-09-21  1:43   ` [PATCH v3 4/5] tests: don't swallow Git errors upstream of pipes Matthew DeVore
2018-09-21  1:43   ` [PATCH v3 5/5] t9109: " Matthew DeVore
2018-10-03 16:25 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] Clean up tests for test_cmp arg ordering and pipe placement Matthew DeVore
2018-10-03 16:25   ` [PATCH v4 1/7] t/README: reformat Do, Don't, Keep in mind lists Matthew DeVore
2018-10-05  6:15     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-05 14:57       ` Matthew DeVore
2018-10-03 16:26   ` [PATCH v4 2/7] Documentation: add shell guidelines Matthew DeVore
2018-10-05 16:48     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-05 18:21       ` Matthew DeVore
2018-10-03 16:26   ` [PATCH v4 3/7] tests: standardize pipe placement Matthew DeVore
2018-10-03 16:26   ` [PATCH v4 4/7] t/*: fix ordering of expected/observed arguments Matthew DeVore
2018-10-03 16:26   ` [PATCH v4 5/7] tests: don't swallow Git errors upstream of pipes Matthew DeVore
2018-10-05 16:48     ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-05 17:54       ` Matthew DeVore
2018-10-05 18:12         ` Matthew DeVore
2018-10-03 16:26   ` [PATCH v4 6/7] t9109: " Matthew DeVore
2018-10-03 16:26   ` [PATCH v4 7/7] tests: order arguments to git-rev-list properly Matthew DeVore
2018-10-03 16:33     ` Matthew DeVore
2018-10-05  8:16       ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-05 21:54 ` [PATCH v5 0/7] subject: Clean up tests for test_cmp arg ordering and pipe placement Matthew DeVore
2018-10-05 21:54   ` [PATCH v5 1/7] t/README: reformat Do, Don't, Keep in mind lists Matthew DeVore
2018-10-05 21:54   ` [PATCH v5 2/7] Documentation: add shell guidelines Matthew DeVore
2018-10-05 21:54   ` [PATCH v5 3/7] tests: standardize pipe placement Matthew DeVore
2018-10-05 21:54   ` [PATCH v5 4/7] t/*: fix ordering of expected/observed arguments Matthew DeVore
2018-10-05 21:54   ` [PATCH v5 5/7] tests: don't swallow Git errors upstream of pipes Matthew DeVore
2018-10-05 21:54   ` [PATCH v5 6/7] t9109: " Matthew DeVore
2018-10-05 21:54   ` [PATCH v5 7/7] tests: order arguments to git-rev-list properly Matthew DeVore
2018-10-06 23:53   ` [PATCH v5 0/7] subject: Clean up tests for test_cmp arg ordering and pipe placement Junio C Hamano

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