On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 10:42:26AM +0200, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > An even simpler approach would be: > > { > git --no-optional-locks status -uno --porcelain 2>/dev/null || > git diff-index --name-only HEAD > } | grep -qv scripts/package && > printf '%s' -dirty > > Sample run: > cmd > sh: cmd: command not found > > { > cmd 2>/dev/null || > date > } | grep -q 2018 && > printf '%s' ok > ok
You lose accuracy here, because now you're skipping any line that contains 'scripts/package', which would include, e.g., paths like tools/some/other-scripts/package Maybe if the grep expression were more like this? grep -qv '^\(.. \)\?scripts/package' I think it'd be safe enough to ignore paths that start with two characters and a space, like: xy scripts/package x/ scripts/package Brian