From 9efcdba0d59a95d9c5ddd9c32f7870ac2183c5ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Elliott Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 11:57:59 +0000 Subject: Allow '//' as project function id due to git bash path conversion. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54258996/git-bash-string-parameter-with-at-start-is-being-expanded-to-a-file-path --- docs/markdown/Rewriter.md | 5 +++++ docs/markdown/snippets/rewrite_allow_double_slash_project_id.md | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/markdown/snippets/rewrite_allow_double_slash_project_id.md (limited to 'docs/markdown') diff --git a/docs/markdown/Rewriter.md b/docs/markdown/Rewriter.md index 6414480..20b741f 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Rewriter.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Rewriter.md @@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ Currently, only the following function types are supported: For more information see the help output of the rewrite kwargs command. +Note msys bash may expand `/` to a path. Passing `//` will be converted to +`/` by msys bash but in order to keep usage shell-agnostic, the rewrite command +also allows `//` as the function ID such that it will work in both msys bash +and other shells. + ### Setting the project default options For setting and deleting default options, use the following command: diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/rewrite_allow_double_slash_project_id.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/rewrite_allow_double_slash_project_id.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9448ce6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/rewrite_allow_double_slash_project_id.md @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +## `//` is now allowed as a function id for `meson rewrite`. + +msys bash may expand `/` to a path, breaking +`meson rewrite kwargs set project / ...`. Passing `//` will be converted to +`/` by msys bash but in order to keep usage shell-agnostic, also allow `//` +as the id such that `meson rewrite kwargs set project // ...` will work in +both msys bash and other shells. -- cgit v1.1