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[PATCH v2] parallel-checkout: avoid dash local bug in tests

From
René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
Date
Jun 5, 2021, 18:11 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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The parallel checkout tests fail when run with /bin/dash on MacOS 11.4, reporting the following error:

   ./t2080-parallel-checkout-basics.sh: 33: local: 0: bad variable name

That's because wc's output contains leading spaces and this version of dash erroneously expands the variable declaration as "local workers= 0", i.e. it tries to set the "workers" variable to the empty string and also declare a variable named "0", which not a valid name. This is a known dash bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dash/+bug/139097).

Work around it by passing the command output directly to test instead of storing it in a variable first. While at it, let grep count the number of lines instead of piping its output to wc, which is a bit shorter and more efficient.

Helped-by: Matheus Tavares Bernardino <matheus.bernardino@usp.br>
Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de>
---
Changes since v1:
- Explain the root cause.
- Get rid of the local variable "workers".
- Adjust title accordingly.
- Still use grep -c, though.
- Remove input redirection.
 t/lib-parallel-checkout.sh | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/lib-parallel-checkout.sh b/t/lib-parallel-checkout.sh
index 21f5759732..66350d5207 100644
--- a/t/lib-parallel-checkout.sh
+++ b/t/lib-parallel-checkout.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ test_checkout_workers () {
 	rm -f "$trace_file" &&
 	GIT_TRACE2="$(pwd)/$trace_file" "$@" 2>&8 &&

-	local workers=$(grep "child_start\[..*\] git checkout--worker" "$trace_file" | wc -l) &&
-	test $workers -eq $expected_workers &&
+	test $(grep -c "child_start\[..*\] git checkout--worker" "$trace_file") -eq $expected_workers &&
 	rm "$trace_file"
 } 8>&2 2>&4

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  1. parallel-checkout: use grep -c to count workers in testsRené Scharfe, Jun 5, 2021
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  3. René ScharfeJun 5, 2021
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  5. parallel-checkout: avoid dash local bug in testsRené Scharfe, Jun 5, 2021
  6. SZEDER GáborJun 5, 2021
  7. René ScharfeJun 6, 2021
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 5, 2021
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  11. René ScharfeJun 6, 2021
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