[PATCH v2 4/5] check-non-portable-shell: suggest alternative for `VAR=val shell-func`
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- Eric Sunshine <ericsunshine@charter.net>
- Date
- Jul 26, 2024, 08:15 UTC
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From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Most problems reported by check-non-portable-shell are accompanied by advice suggesting how the test author can repair the problem. For instance:
error: egrep/fgrep obsolescent (use grep -E/-F)
However, when one-shot variable assignment is detected when calling a shell function (i.e. `VAR=val shell-func`), the problem is reported, but no advice is given. The lack of advice is particularly egregious since neither the problem nor the workaround are likely well-known by newcomers to the project writing tests for the first time. Address this shortcoming by recommending the use of `test_env` which is tailor made for this specific use-case.
Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> --- 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 179efaa39d..903af14294 100755 --- a/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl +++ b/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ sub err { /\blocal\s+[A-Za-z0-9_]*=\$([A-Za-z0-9_{]|[(][^(])/ and err q(quote "$val" in 'local var=$val'); /^\s*([A-Z0-9_]+=(\w*|(["']).*?\3)\s+)+(\w+)/ and exists($func{$4}) and - err '"FOO=bar shell_func" is not portable'; + err '"FOO=bar shell_func" is not portable (use test_env FOO=bar shell_func)'; $line = ''; # this resets our $. for each file close ARGV if eof;
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