Re: [PATCH] t7500: fix tests with absolute path following ":(optional)" on Windows

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Oct 20, 2025, 17:32 UTC
Message-ID: <5d780103-285b-4e6c-9b26-2a87609837cf@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <A563E028-19E7-48A0-B538-82ACE821DB67@gmail.com>

Am 20.10.25 um 15:43 schrieb Ben Knoble:

> Going forward I will probably stick with using pwd, given the
> difference in platform behavior.

$(pwd) is usually safe, but not always. If we have to look at every instance anyway, we can use $PWD for efficiency if it does not matter, and $(pwd) only when it is necessary.

> Is there a doc or test lint for that? If not, might be useful.

If this were documented somewhere, would you have found it and obeyed the recommendations?

-- Hannes

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