On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 2:24 PM Jeff King <p...@peff.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 12:50:33PM +0200, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
> > > + git cat-file commit $commit |
> > > + perl -lpe "/^author/ && print q(parent $blob)" \
> > > + >broken-commit &&
>
> > Wouldn't a 'sed' one-liner suffice, so we won't have yet another perl
> > dependency?
>
> Heh, this was actually the subject of much discussion before the patches
> hit the list. If you can write such a one-liner that is both readable
> and portable, please share it. I got disgusted with sed and suggested
> this perl.
Trivial and portable 'sed' equivalent:
git cat-file commit $commit | sed "/^author/ { h; s/.*/parent $blob/; G; }"
