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authorTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2018-11-30 14:17:01 +1300
committerTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2018-11-30 14:17:01 +1300
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Merge branch 'release/v2.2.0'v2.2.0
* release/v2.2.0: Bump VERSION Add `abort` attribute to new autoload function Suppress a couple of ShellCheck errors Remove redundant return short-circuit Add explanatory comments for version check Use ||/&& short-circuiting only for flow control Drop support for Bash <= 3.0
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@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Configuration is included for:
* Bourne-style POSIX shells, sharing a `.profile`, an `ENV` file, and some
helper functions:
- * [GNU Bash](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/) (2.05a or higher)
+ * [GNU Bash](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/) (3.0 or higher)
* [Korn shell](http://www.kornshell.com/) (`ksh93`, `pdksh`, `mksh`)
* [Z shell](https://www.zsh.org/)
* [Abook](http://abook.sourceforge.net/) -- curses address book program
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ and scripts where I can so that the same files can be loaded for all shells.
On GNU/Linux I use Bash, on BSD I use some variant of Korn Shell, preferably
`ksh93` if it's available.
-As I occasionally have work on very old internal systems, my Bash is written to
-work with [any version 2.05a or
+My Bash is written to work with [any version 3.0 or
newer](http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/scripting/bashchanges). This is why I use
older syntax for certain things such as appending items to arrays:
@@ -150,8 +149,8 @@ actually works for arrays with sparse indices, unlike the above syntax:
array+=("$item")
Where I do use features that are only available in versions of Bash newer than
-2.05a, such as newer `shopt` options or `PROMPT_DIRTRIM`, they are only run
-after testing `BASH_VERSINFO` appropriately.
+3.0, such as newer `shopt` options or `PROMPT_DIRTRIM`, they are only run after
+testing `BASH_VERSINFO` appropriately.
#### Prompt