提交 860f70f9 编写于 作者: T Tim Henigan 提交者: Junio C Hamano

CodingGuidelines: do not use 'which' in shell scripts

During the code review of a recent patch, it was noted that shell scripts
must not use 'which $cmd' to check the availability of the command $cmd.
The output of the command is not machine parseable and its exit code is
not reliable across platforms.

It is better to use 'type' to accomplish this task.
Signed-off-by: NTim Henigan <tim.henigan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
上级 48f359bf
......@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
properly nests. It should have been the way Bourne spelled
it from day one, but unfortunately isn't.
- If you want to find out if a command is available on the user's
$PATH, you should use 'type <command>', instead of 'which <command>'.
The output of 'which' is not machine parseable and its exit code
is not reliable across platforms.
- We use POSIX compliant parameter substitutions and avoid bashisms;
namely:
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