Am 17.01.2017 um 12:34 schrieb Danny Milosavljevic: > For minimal improvement (I don't even think it's measureable), try `git rev-list HEAD` (backquotes) - it prevents having to spawn a subshell. Huh? I doubt this. The bash manual, section "Command Substitution" does not distinguish between these both, as far as I understand it. -- Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible |