> > diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
> > b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
> > index c6cbef38c2..71a64e7959 100644
> > --- a/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
> > +++ b/contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh
> > @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ __git_eread ()
> > {
> > local f="$1"
> > shift
> > - test -r "$f" && read "$@" <"$f"
> > + test -r "$f" && read "$@" <"$f" && export $@="${!@%$'\r'}"
I don't think that export is necessary here.
> As far as I understand, $'\r' is a Bash-only construct, and this file
> (git-prompt.sh) is targeting other Unix shells, too.
The only other shell the prompt (and completion) script is targeting
is ZSH, and ZSH understands this construct. We already use this
construct to set IFS in several places in both scripts for a long
time, so it should be fine here, too.
Gábor
