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readarray doesn't exist on mac

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
38/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
bash
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start at line 30 of the Bash script and inspect how readarray is used. Use the linked macOS-compatible alternatives as a starting point, then verify that the script can switch between Git commits on macOS without changing its existing behavior.

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Description

The script is very useful, but it's not possible to use on mac because readarray command (line 30) doesn't exist.

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