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[PATCH 2/2] t/check-non-portable-shell: detect "FOO= shell_func", too

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 26, 2019, 19:57 UTC
Message-ID
<20191226195747.GC170890@google.com>
In-Reply-To
<20191226195357.GA170890@google.com>

Just like assigning a nonempty value, assigning an empty value to a shell variable when calling a function produces non-portable behavior: in some shells, the assignment lasts for the duration of the function invocation, and in others, it persists after the function returns.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
---
If it would be useful for me to send a copy of the "Enable protocol v2
by default" series rebased on top of this, let me know.
Thanks again for catching it.

Sincerely, Jonathan

 t/check-non-portable-shell.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl b/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl
index 38bfeebd88..fd3303552b 100755
--- a/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl
+++ b/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ sub err {
 	/(?:\$\(seq|^\s*seq\b)/ and err 'seq is not portable (use test_seq)';
 	/\bgrep\b.*--file\b/ and err 'grep --file FILE is not portable (use grep -f FILE)';
 	/\bexport\s+[A-Za-z0-9_]*=/ and err '"export FOO=bar" is not portable (use FOO=bar && export FOO)';
-	/^\s*([A-Z0-9_]+=(\w+|(["']).*?\3)\s+)+(\w+)/ and exists($func{$4}) and
+	/^\s*([A-Z0-9_]+=(\w*|(["']).*?\3)\s+)+(\w+)/ and exists($func{$4}) and
 		err '"FOO=bar shell_func" assignment extends beyond "shell_func"';
 	$line = '';
 	# this resets our $. for each file
-- 
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  2. 1/5 fetch test: use more robust test for filtered objectsJonathan Nieder, Dec 24, 2019
  3. Derrick StoleeDec 26, 2019
  4. 2/5 config doc: protocol.version is not experimentalJonathan Nieder, Dec 24, 2019
  5. 3/5 test: request GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION=0 when appropriateJonathan Nieder, Dec 24, 2019
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 26, 2019
  7. 0/2 avoid use of "VAR= cmd" with a shell function (Re: [PATCH 3/5] test: request GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION=0 when appropriate)Jonathan Nieder, Dec 26, 2019
  8. 1/2 fetch test: avoid use of "VAR= cmd" with a shell functionJonathan Nieder, Dec 26, 2019
  9. 2/2 t/check-non-portable-shell: detect "FOO= shell_func", tooJonathan Nieder, Dec 26, 2019
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 26, 2019
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 26, 2019
  12. Jonathan NiederDec 26, 2019
  13. fetch test: mark test of "skipping" haves as v0-onlyJonathan Nieder, Dec 26, 2019
  14. Eric SunshineDec 26, 2019
  15. 4/5 protocol test: let protocol.version override GIT_TEST_PROTOCOL_VERSIONJonathan Nieder, Dec 24, 2019
  16. 5/5 fetch: default to protocol version 2Jonathan Nieder, Dec 24, 2019
  17. Derrick StoleeDec 26, 2019

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