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Re: [PATCH] tests: sanitize more git environment variables

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 26, 2011, 20:34 UTC
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<20110126203444.GB27478@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 03:33:32PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
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> These variables should generally not be set in one's
> environment, but they do get set by rebase, which means
> doing an interactive rebase like:
> 
>   pick abcd1234 foo
>   exec make test
> 
> will cause false negatives in the test suite.

Or I guess false positives, depending on your definition of positive and negative. I.e., tests will fail when they shouldn't. :)

-Peff
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