From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:39:33 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] t3404: use configured shell instead of /bin/sh
Message-ID: <20080223223933.GA13683@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vmypr1gmh.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 01:56:38PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> > Well, the trap I wanted to avoid is that "/bin/sh" specifically is
> > broken. But yes, I think losing the ability to run the tests from the
> > commandline is bad.
> 
> We never had it.  "make t3404-rebase-interactive" is the way to
> do so.

Well, that is a surprise to me, since I have been using it for almost
two years with no problems. And I know I am not alone because others
have posted snippets on the list invoking a test via "sh -x", including
both Dscho and you.

Is there a good reason not to do so?

-Peff