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@@ -175,6 +175,11 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
does not have such a problem.
+ - Even though "local" is not part of POSIX, we make heavy use of it
+ in our test suite. We do not use it in scripted Porcelains, and
+ hopefully nobody starts using "local" before they are reimplemented
+ in C ;-)
+
For C programs: