- my $annotatecmd = 'git-annotate';
- open(ANNOTATE, "-|", $annotatecmd, '-l', '-S', "$tmpdir/.annotate_hints", $filename)
- or die "Error invoking $annotatecmd -l -S $tmpdir/.annotate_hints $filename : $!";
+ my @cmd = (qw(git-annotate -l -S), $a_hints, $filename);
+ if (!open(ANNOTATE, "-|", @cmd)) {
+ print "E error invoking ". join(' ',@cmd) .": $!\n";
+ return;
+ }