On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 08:37:59AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 09:32:45PM +0900, Mike Hommey wrote:
>
> > > > +test_expect_success 'blame wholesale copy and more in the index' '
> > > > +
> > > > + {
> > > > + echo ABC
> > > > + echo DEF
> > > > + echo XXXX
> > > > + echo YYYY
> > > > + echo GHIJK
> > > > + } >horse &&
> > >
> > > A more common way to do this in our test scripts is by using here
> > > documents. However, in this case I would suggest
> > >
> > > test_write_lines ABC DEF XXXX YYYY GHIJK >horse
> >
> > I merely copied the pattern used in other places in the same test file.
> > Using test_write_lines or something else (what are "here documents"?)
> > would break consistency. I can also change the other similar blocks at
> > the same time, though, whichever you prefer.
>
> A here document is this:
>
> cat <<-\EOF
> ABC
> DEF
> XXXX
> YYYY
> GHIJK
> EOF
>
> The "<<" starts the here-doc. The "-" tells the shell to strip leading
> tabs (so you can keep it indented with the rest of the code. The "\"
> tells the shell not to interpolate (not a big deal here, but great for
> more complicated input). The "EOF" tells it where to stop.
Oh, so that's what they are called! I've used them for 20 years
without knowing :) TIL.
Mike
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