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[PATCH v4 01/10] t0060: fix EBUSY in MinGW when setting up runtime prefix

From
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date
Jan 10, 2025, 11:31 UTC
Message-ID
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Two of our tests in t0060 verify that the runtime prefix functionality works as expected by creating a separate directory hierarchy, copying the Git executable in there and then creating scripts relative to that executable.

These tests fail quite regularly in GitLab CI with the following error:
    expecting success of 0060.218 '%(prefix)/ works':
            mkdir -p pretend/bin &&
            cp "$GIT_EXEC_PATH"/git$X pretend/bin/ &&
            git config yes.path "%(prefix)/yes" &&
            GIT_EXEC_PATH= ./pretend/bin/git config --path yes.path >actual &&
            echo "$(pwd)/pretend/yes" >expect &&
            test_cmp expect actual
    ++ mkdir -p pretend/bin
    ++ cp /c/GitLab-Runner/builds/gitlab-org/git/git.exe pretend/bin/
    cp: cannot create regular file 'pretend/bin/git.exe': Device or resource busy
    error: last command exited with $?=1
    not ok 218 - %(prefix)/ works

Seemingly, the "git.exe" binary we are trying to overwrite is still being held open. It is somewhat puzzling why exactly that is: while the preceding test _does_ write to and execute the same path, it should have exited and shouldn't keep any backgrounded processes around. So it must be held open by something else, either in MinGW or in Windows itself.

While the root cause is puzzling, the workaround is trivial enough: instead of writing the file twice we simply pull the common setup into a separate test case so that we won't observe EBUSY in the first place.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
---
 t/t0060-path-utils.sh | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/t0060-path-utils.sh b/t/t0060-path-utils.sh
index dbb2e73bcd912ae6a804603ff54e4c609966fa5d..8545cdfab559b4e247cb2699965e637529fd930a 100755
--- a/t/t0060-path-utils.sh
+++ b/t/t0060-path-utils.sh
@@ -592,17 +592,19 @@ test_lazy_prereq CAN_EXEC_IN_PWD '
 	./git rev-parse
 '
 
+test_expect_success !VALGRIND,RUNTIME_PREFIX,CAN_EXEC_IN_PWD 'setup runtime prefix' '
+	mkdir -p pretend/bin &&
+	cp "$GIT_EXEC_PATH"/git$X pretend/bin/
+'
+
 test_expect_success !VALGRIND,RUNTIME_PREFIX,CAN_EXEC_IN_PWD 'RUNTIME_PREFIX works' '
-	mkdir -p pretend/bin pretend/libexec/git-core &&
+	mkdir -p pretend/libexec/git-core &&
 	echo "echo HERE" | write_script pretend/libexec/git-core/git-here &&
-	cp "$GIT_EXEC_PATH"/git$X pretend/bin/ &&
 	GIT_EXEC_PATH= ./pretend/bin/git here >actual &&
 	echo HERE >expect &&
 	test_cmp expect actual'
 
 test_expect_success !VALGRIND,RUNTIME_PREFIX,CAN_EXEC_IN_PWD '%(prefix)/ works' '
-	mkdir -p pretend/bin &&
-	cp "$GIT_EXEC_PATH"/git$X pretend/bin/ &&
 	git config yes.path "%(prefix)/yes" &&
 	GIT_EXEC_PATH= ./pretend/bin/git config --path yes.path >actual &&
 	echo "$(pwd)/pretend/yes" >expect &&
-- 
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  24. 08/10 ci: stop special-casing for Ubuntu 16.04Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 3, 2025
  25. 09/10 ci: use latest Ubuntu releasePatrick Steinhardt, Jan 3, 2025
  26. 10/10 ci: remove stale code for Azure PipelinesPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 3, 2025
  27. Jeff KingJan 3, 2025
  28. 00/10 A couple of CI improvementsPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 6, 2025
  29. 01/10 t0060: fix EBUSY in MinGW when setting up runtime prefixPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 6, 2025
  30. 03/10 github: adapt containerized jobs to be rootlessPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 6, 2025
  31. 02/10 t7422: fix flaky test caused by buffered stdoutPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 6, 2025
  32. Jeff KingJan 7, 2025
  33. 04/10 github: convert all Linux jobs to be containerizedPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 6, 2025
  34. 06/10 gitlab-ci: remove the "linux-old" jobPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 6, 2025
  35. 05/10 github: simplify computation of the job's distroPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 6, 2025
  36. 07/10 gitlab-ci: add linux32 job testing against i386Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 6, 2025
  37. 09/10 ci: use latest Ubuntu releasePatrick Steinhardt, Jan 6, 2025
  38. 08/10 ci: stop special-casing for Ubuntu 16.04Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 6, 2025
  39. 10/10 ci: remove stale code for Azure PipelinesPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 6, 2025
  40. 00/10 A couple of CI improvementsPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  41. 01/10 t0060: fix EBUSY in MinGW when setting up runtime prefixPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  42. 02/10 t7422: fix flaky test caused by buffered stdoutPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  43. Christian CouderJan 24, 2025
  44. 04/10 github: convert all Linux jobs to be containerizedPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  45. 03/10 github: adapt containerized jobs to be rootlessPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  46. Christian CouderJan 24, 2025
  47. Johannes SchindelinAug 28, 2025
  48. Johannes SchindelinNov 17, 2025
  49. 05/10 github: simplify computation of the job's distroPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  50. 06/10 gitlab-ci: remove the "linux-old" jobPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  51. 07/10 gitlab-ci: add linux32 job testing against i386Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  52. 08/10 ci: stop special-casing for Ubuntu 16.04Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  53. 09/10 ci: use latest Ubuntu releasePatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  54. 10/10 ci: remove stale code for Azure PipelinesPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  55. Jeff KingJan 10, 2025
  56. Christian CouderJan 24, 2025
  57. Patrick SteinhardtJan 27, 2025

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