bash - Git branches to be merged in shell script variable -

bash - Git branches to be merged in shell script variable -

i'm creating script merge branches defined in shell script variable. here part of script

# here how setting variable 'branches' all_branches=`git ls-remote . | cutting -d $'\t' -f 2` # include folder prefix includepattern= if [[ -n "$include_pattern" ]] ; export ifs="," pattern in $include_pattern; includepattern="$includepattern -e $remote_folder$pattern" done fi branches=`echo "$all_branches" | eval "grep $includepattern"` echo "b = $branches" echo "c = git merge -q --no-edit $branches" git merge -q --no-edit $branches

this output

b = refs/remotes/origin/xxx refs/remotes/origin/xxy c = git merge -q --no-edit refs/remotes/origin/xxx refs/remotes/origin/xxy merge: refs/remotes/origin/xxx refs/remotes/origin/xxy - not can merge

why not working?

info: when copy&paste of command (printed echo "c = ..." works expected

more info: when run eval "git merge -q --no-edit $branches" got error

/usr/lib/git-core/git-merge-octopus: 1: eval: bad substitution merge strategy octopus failed.

when set export ifs=,, line

git merge -q --no-edit $branches

no longer passes 2 separate branch references git merge, because whitespace no longer used word-splitting. it's if typed

git merge -q --no-edit "refs/remotes/origin/xxx refs/remotes/origin/xxy"

i think quickest way prepare restore original value of ifs after done setting include_pattern:

if [[ -n "$include_pattern" ]] ; old_ifs=$ifs export ifs="," pattern in $include_pattern; includepattern="$includepattern -e $remote_folder$pattern" done ifs=$old_ifs fi

this might work better:

# using here-doc instead of here string # avoid bug nowadays prior bash 4.3 ifs=, read -a patterns <<eof $include_pattern eof pattern in "${patterns[@]}"; includepattern+=" -e $remote_folder$pattern" done

git bash shell git-merge