| Message ID | 20200502184825.26707-1-wsa@kernel.org (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
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| Series | [RESEND,tig,1/2] Document how to use pipes and redirection with 'bind' | expand |
diff --git a/doc/tigrc.5.adoc b/doc/tigrc.5.adoc index 630e8f6..1aa8085 100644 --- a/doc/tigrc.5.adoc +++ b/doc/tigrc.5.adoc @@ -690,6 +690,9 @@ console output shown (as if '!' was specified). When multiple command options are specified their behavior are combined, e.g. "?<git commit" will prompt the user whether to execute the command and will exit Tig after completion. +Note that if you want to use pipes or redirection in your commands then you +must run them in a subshell, i.e. embed your commands in `sh -c '<commands>'`. + Browsing state variables ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
When my bind command using a pipe did not work, I grepped through the docs for 'pipe' and 'redirection' with no results. Only after I found out in the issues tracker that it was intentional, then I noticed the solution in the examples, too. Add a paragraph to make it more explicit. Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@kernel.org> --- This time with proper CCs. Sorry for the noise! doc/tigrc.5.adoc | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)