On 07/07/2012 10:42 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Andy Wingo wrote:
> ...
>> +function massage_git_version() {
>> +local v=$1
>
> Using the "function" and "local" keywords would make this script
> fail for some older shells.
>
With the "function" keyword, even recent ones:
$ dpkg -l dash
...
Andy Wingo wrote:
> On Fri 06 Jul 2012 17:45, Jim Meyering writes:
>
>> How about writing a function -- with description similar to the comments
>> you've added below -- and doing something like the following?
>> Then we should be able to avoid that duplication.
>>
>> elif test "`git log -1 --
