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cmd/go: print shell commands safely #5279

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robpike opened this issue Apr 12, 2013 · 10 comments
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cmd/go: print shell commands safely #5279

robpike opened this issue Apr 12, 2013 · 10 comments
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robpike commented Apr 12, 2013 

The printing of commands by the go tool is simple-minded, can be incorrect in the face
of empty strings and other issues, ignores system-dependent issues ($foo vs %foo;
quoting, etc.) and should be improved. The current setup just calls Printf or special
formatting routines that sometimes (not always) expand variables, and ignore local
quoting and other conventions (rm vs. del for example). It's not important but it is
worth doing right.

It's a big job.
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robpike commented Apr 12, 2013

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Issue #5274 has been merged into this issue.

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Comment 2 by toqueteos:

I'm sorry Rob I forgot to search for "shell".
Is the idea of a replay command suitable or it's better to ouput native shell commands?

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Comment 3:

To sumup from https://golang.org/issue/5274. Possible unix to
windows command translation candidates:
"cp" -> "copy /y" 
"mkdir -p" -> "mkdir"
"rm -f" -> "del /f /q" for files and "rmdir /s /q" for directories
"rm -r" -> same as before
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Comment 4:

Issue #5274 has been merged into this issue.

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rsc commented Jul 30, 2013

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I am not sure it is worth doing right.
The printing of commands by the go tool is meant to be informational, not a working
shell script.

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I am with rsc on this. I suspect correct windows translation could be complicated (too
many unusual parameters options) or impossible to do correctly. I think clarity is most
important here.
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rsc commented Nov 27, 2013

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Labels changed: added go1.3maybe.

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rsc commented Dec 4, 2013

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Labels changed: added release-none, removed go1.3maybe.

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rsc commented Dec 4, 2013

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Labels changed: added repo-main.

@rsc rsc added this to the Unplanned milestone Apr 10, 2015
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bcmills commented Sep 16, 2019

The printing of commands by the go tool is meant to be informational, not a working
shell script.

As of CL 55350 (for #21427), we do have a test that the output of at least a very basic go build -x is a working shell script.

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