On Wednesday 08 November 2017 at 05:15 pm +0100, Christian Couder wrote:
> >> +git bisect replay "$GIT_BISECT_LOG_TMP"
> >> +rm -f "$GIT_BISECT_LOG_TMP"
>
> While at it, is there a reason for the -f option above?
I was following the lead of git-bisect.sh, which has used `rm -f` for
such things ever since it was first introduced[^1], although it appears
that, since v2.15.0, all the `rm`s in that script have been moved to the
C code[^2].
Actually applying thought, rather than just following existing
precedent, I suspect having `-f` is useful because it means the command
will work even if the shell has picked up that `rm` should otherwise
have a `-i` argument from somewhere.
[^1]: 8cc6a0831 ("[PATCH] Making it easier to find which change introduced a
bug", 2005-07-30)
[^2]: fb71a3299 ("bisect--helper: `bisect_clean_state` shell function in C",
2017-09-29)
