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authorJohn MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>2021-01-12 21:53:39 -0800
committerJohn MacFarlane <jgm@berkeley.edu>2021-01-12 21:53:39 -0800
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CONTRIBUTING: note on GNU xargs
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@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ before creating a commit:
git diff --diff-filter=MA --cached --name-only | grep '\.hs$' | \
xargs hlint --hint .hlint.yaml
+(If you are using GNU `xargs`, add the `-r` option immediately
+after `xargs`.)
+
Saving this to `.git/hooks/pre-commit`, and making the script
executable, will prevent accidental introduction of potentially
problematic code.