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#GitHub #Desktop startup script - casting #Perl magic as the lesser evil. 😈
#perl #github #desktop
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Salve J. Nilsen
Salve J. Nilsen
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good one! 😄

```
function realpath() {
/usr/bin/perl -MCwd=abs_path -E 'say abs_path(shift // die "realpath argument missing")' "$0"
}
```

Hope this ^ is a tiny improvement. Not much magic there, though! 😉

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Salve J. Nilsen
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After a little googling, I found this: https://github.com/desktop/desktop/blob/development/app/static/darwin/github.sh 😄

desktop/app/static/darwin/github.sh at development · desktop/desktop

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Mark Gardner
Mark Gardner
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I didn’t realize that was part of the official #GitHub Desktop package.

They’re gonna have an interesting time when #Apple makes good on its five-year-old deprecation of #Perl from #macOS: https://TidBITS.com/2019/06/25/apple-to-deprecate-scripting-languages-in-future-versions-of-macos/

#PHP and #Python 2.7 already got the axe.

Current macOS #Sonoma 14.6.1 ships with #Bash 3.2.57 (deprecated in favor of #Zsh), Python 3.9.6, Perl 5.34.1, #Ruby 2.6.10, and #Tcl 8.5.9, all of which issue deprecation warnings on startup.


Apple to Deprecate Scripting Languages in Future Versions of macOS - TidBITS

Apple says future versions of macOS won’t include a number of open-source scripting languages. The impact of this change will vary depending on the audience, but it will affect more people than you might think.
Curtis Wilcox (TidBITS Publishing Inc.)
#perl #bash #python #github #macos #apple #ruby #php #zsh #tcl #sonoma
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Christian Rickert
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@mjgardner No worries - I didn't make the source very clear.

I agree that we're going to see interesting error messages after the update of #macOS. 🙃

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Mark Gardner
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As opposed to the greater evil of wrapping that one line in an even noisier and fork/exec/waitpid-happy #shell script? Just use #Perl for the whole shebang! (pun intended)
#perl #shell
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Mark Gardner
Mark Gardner
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@XiozTzu This is a *bad* thing for anyone distributing #macOS software that depends on OS-provided scripting language packages.

Like #GitHub Desktop, which started this thread: https://chaos.social/@sjn/112979841801758447

Like company #IT departments.

And schools.

And anyone who doesn't understand why their computer isn't working like it used to because some script starts with `#!/usr/bin/…`

The world is bigger than your personal technical chops.

/ @sjn @christianrickert

Salve J. Nilsen

2024-08-17 22:59:34


After a little googling, I found this: https://github.com/desktop/desktop/blob/development/app/static/darwin/github.sh 😄


desktop/app/static/darwin/github.sh at development · desktop/desktop

Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git. - desktop/desktop
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Christian Rickert
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@sjn

@mjgardner You made your (fair) point, please stay on topic.

@XiozTzu Apple is indeed forcing developers to upgrade their software. If they're still around.

@Salve J. Nilsen @Mark Gardner @XiozTzu 🇺🇦👊
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