Hi Robert,
On Thu, 30 Nov 2017, Robert Abel wrote:
> So reading a dummy variable along with the actual content variable
> works for git-prompt:
>
> __git_eread ()
> {
> local f="$1"
> local dummy
> shift
> test -r "$f" && IFS=$'\r\n' read "$@" dummy < "$f"
> }
>
> I feel like this would be the most readable solution thus far.
Hmm. I am just a little concerned about "dummy" swallowing the rest of the
line, e.g. when reading "1 2 3" via `__git_eread line`... the way I read
it, dummy would consume "2 3" and line would *not* receive "1 2 3" but
only "1"...
Ciao,
Johannes
