Re: [PATCH v2] rebase: Fix documentation about used shell in -x
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2024-01-17 22:38:44
Nikolay Borisov [off-list ref] writes:
The shell used when using the -x option is erroneously documented to be the one pointed to by the $SHELL environmental variable. This was true when rebase was implemented as a shell script but this is no longer true. Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <redacted> ---
Ah, our mails crossed, and this is much better than my "tentative" one. Let me replace it with this one and queue. Thanks.
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Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 25516c45d8b8..2cd55aedc0f9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt@@ -963,10 +963,9 @@ The interactive rebase will stop when a command fails (i.e. exits with non-0 status) to give you an opportunity to fix the problem. You can continue with `git rebase --continue`. -The "exec" command launches the command in a shell (the one specified -in `$SHELL`, or the default shell if `$SHELL` is not set), so you can -use shell features (like "cd", ">", ";" ...). The command is run from -the root of the working tree. +The "exec" command launches the command in a shell (the default one, usually +/bin/sh), so you can use shell features (like "cd", ">", ";" ...). The command +is run from the root of the working tree. ---------------------------------- $ git rebase -i --exec "make test" --2.34.1