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I worked at a place that was forcing zsh on its developers, mainly because it has been "deprecated" on mac OS. It's not like you couldn't install the newest bas

I worked at a place that was forcing zsh on its developers, mainly because it has been "deprecated" on mac OS. It's not like you couldn't install the newest bash off of MacPorts or brew. Production ran on Linux, and zsh wasn't installed there. Better to be consistent, stick with the least common denominator: bash.

raffraffraff 5y ago
Many years ago I had to write a script that ever developer in the company would occasionally have to use. After running into compatibility issues with python and bash I went for zsh, and never heard a single complaint. I still use bash as my main shell, out of habit (and because I know it'll be installed on whatever remote server I connect to) but zsh isn't so different. It's array syntax, for one. And figuring out what directory "this script" is in, regardless of `pwd` output, is easier.