Syntax error =~ operator in msysgit bash

Question

I\'m trying to add a function to my bash_profile for msysgit:

function git-unpushed {
    brinfo=$(git branch -v | grep git-branch-name)
    if          


        

Answer 1

Here is a solution that supports extracting matched strings. If the operator =~ is not supported by bash, then the sed command is used (installed with msysgit)

if eval "[[ a =~ a ]]" 2>/dev/null; then
    regexMatch() { # (string, regex)
        eval "[[ \$1 =~ \$2 ]]"
        return $?
    }
elif command -v /bin/sed >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    regexMatch() { # (string, regex)
        local string=$1
        if [[ ${2: -1} = $ ]]; then
            local regex="(${2%$})()()()()()()()()$"
        else
            local regex="($2)()()()()()()()().*"
        fi
        regex=${regex//\//\\/}
        local replacement="\1\n\2\n\3\n\4\n\5\n\6\n\7\n\8\n\9\n"
        local OLD_IFS=$IFS
        IFS=$'\n'
        BASH_REMATCH=($(echo "$string" | /bin/sed -rn "s/$regex/$replacement/p" | while read -r; do echo "${REPLY}"; done))
        IFS=$OLD_IFS
        [[ $BASH_REMATCH ]] && return 0 || return 1
    }
else
    error "your Bash shell does not support regular expressions"
fi

Usage example:

if regexMatch "username@host.domain" "(.+)@(.+)"; then
    echo ${BASH_REMATCH[0]}
    echo ${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
    echo ${BASH_REMATCH[2]}
fi