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I'm using git bisect to find out a version in which the VERSION file has changed from 0.0.1_testing to newer version and I want to use bisect run like this.

git bisect run sh -c 'if [ "$(cat VERSION)" == "0.0.1_testing" ] ; then exit 0 ; else exit 1 ; fi'

But I keep getting bad result and this error sh: 1: [: 0.1.0: unexpected operator (0.1.0 is returned by "$(cat VERSION)". I assume that this is because when the subshell exits, bisect uses its exit value and doesn't even go through rest of the script.

Is there a way how to make this work? Or some good alternative? I know I could use other tools than bisect, but I'd really like to do it this way.

second32
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If you were using bash you would be able to use either an = or == for your string comparison, so one solution to your problem is to change sh to bash in your command. This is because, for bash the test command ([ ... ] in your command) is a builtin command that supports both comparisons.

The shell you are using does not have the same builtin command and is using the system test command which only has = as the string comparison. So, an alternative solution to your problem is to change the == to = in your command.

borrible
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