linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/mkversion: Simplify script

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Message-ID: <20100819002006.GA13637@merkur.ravnborg.org>
Date:	Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:20:06 +0200
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/mkversion: Simplify script

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 02:42:25AM +0530, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Simplify the script and add a line to help editors recognize this as a
> shell script.

This does not IMO simplify the script.
The original version is simple to follow for the usual C coder.
The new version is harder to follow.

Adding the bangshee (#!/bin/sh) is fine.

	Sam
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