D6789: check-code: allow command substitution with $(command)

[martinvonz (Martin von Zweigbergk)]

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REVISION SUMMARY
  Both `command` and $(command) are specified by POSIX. The latter nests
  better. I don't see why we shouldn't allow both (or only the latter).

REPOSITORY
  rHG Mercurial

REVISION DETAIL
  https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D6789

AFFECTED FILES
  contrib/check-code.py

CHANGE DETAILS

diff --git a/contrib/check-code.py b/contrib/check-code.py
--- a/contrib/check-code.py
+++ b/contrib/check-code.py
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@
     (r'\bls\b.*-\w*R', "don't use 'ls -R', use 'find'"),
     (r'printf.*[^\\]\\([1-9]|0\d)', r"don't use 'printf \NNN', use Python"),
     (r'printf.*[^\\]\\x', "don't use printf \\x, use Python"),
-    (r'\$\(.*\)', "don't use $(expr), use `expr`"),
     (r'rm -rf \*', "don't use naked rm -rf, target a directory"),
     (r'\[[^\]]+==', '[ foo == bar ] is a bashism, use [ foo = bar ] instead'),
     (r'(^|\|\s*)grep (-\w\s+)*[^|]*[(|]\w',



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