{"thread":{"id":"13396","subject":"[minor] t1004-read-tree-m-u-wf.sh no more passes when \"root\"","startedAt":"2008-05-06T13:22:30Z","lastAt":"2008-05-06T13:22:30Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Jerome Lovy"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"76202","messageId":"fvpmdn$hq1$1@ger.gmane.org","threadId":"13396","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[minor] t1004-read-tree-m-u-wf.sh no more passes when \"root\"","fromName":"Jerome Lovy","fromEmail":"t2a2e9z8ncbs9qg@brefemail.com","sentAt":"2008-05-06T13:22:30Z","receivedAt":"2008-05-06T13:22:30Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"t2a2e9z8ncbs9qg@brefemail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hello,\n\nas I've been used to building and testing Git as root - granted, this \ngoes against what INSTALL guidelines suggest - I have noticed the \nfollowing : until v1.4.4.4, 'make test' could be successfully run as \n\"root\" ; it now (v1.5.5.1) fails on t1004-read-tree-m-u-wf.sh with \nfollowing output:\n\n* FAIL 13: funny symlink in work tree, un-unlink-able\n\n\n                 rm -fr a b &&\n                 git reset --hard &&\n\n                 git checkout sym-a &&\n                 chmod a-w a &&\n                 test_must_fail git read-tree -m -u sym-a sym-a sym-b\n\nMeanwhile I have found out that this isn't a problem for me in practice, \nsince the test-suite passes when run \"as myself\", still I report this in \ncase it could be a clue for something more serious...\n\nThanks,\nJérôme\n"}]}