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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt index 0727f431c6..be4c053360 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt @@ -184,10 +184,13 @@ scripts the same facilities C builtins have. It works as an option normalizer (e.g. splits single switches aggregate values), a bit like `getopt(1)` does. It takes on the standard input the specification of the options to parse and -understand, and echoes on the standard output a line suitable for `sh(1)` `eval` +understand, and echoes on the standard output a string suitable for `sh(1)` `eval` to replace the arguments with normalized ones. In case of error, it outputs usage on the standard error stream, and exits with code 129. +Note: Make sure you quote the result when passing it to `eval`. See +below for an example. + Input Format ~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ bar= some cool option --bar with an argument An option group Header C? option C with an optional argument" -eval `echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?` +eval "$(echo "$OPTS_SPEC" | git rev-parse --parseopt -- "$@" || echo exit $?)" ------------ SQ-QUOTE |