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Re: [PATCH 3/9] git p4 test: simplify quoting involving TRASH_DIRECTORY

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 26, 2012, 16:26 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:
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> Am 6/26/2012 3:18, schrieb Pete Wyckoff:
>>  test_expect_success 'exit when p4 fails to produce marshaled output' '
>> -	badp4dir="$TRASH_DIRECTORY/badp4dir" &&
>> -	mkdir "$badp4dir" &&
>> -	test_when_finished "rm \"$badp4dir/p4\" && rmdir \"$badp4dir\"" &&
>> -	cat >"$badp4dir"/p4 <<-EOF &&
>> +	mkdir badp4dir &&
>> +	test_when_finished "rm badp4dir/p4 && rmdir badp4dir" &&
>> +	cat >badp4dir/p4 <<-EOF &&
>>  	#!$SHELL_PATH
>>  	exit 1
>>  	EOF
>> -	chmod 755 "$badp4dir"/p4 &&
>> -	PATH="$badp4dir:$PATH" git p4 clone --dest="$git" //depot >errs 2>&1 ; retval=$? &&
>> +	chmod 755 badp4dir/p4 &&
>> +	PATH="$TRASH_DIRECTORY/badp4dir:$PATH" git p4 clone --dest="$git" //depot >errs 2>&1 ; retval=$? &&
>>  	test $retval -eq 1 &&
>
> The long line here is severly broken, because the semicolon breaks the &&
> chain; retval would be assigned to even if one of the earlier commands
> fails, and that you don't want to treat as success. The least that is
> needed is to put the line in braces. But I suggest to rewrite the two
> lines above as
>
> 	(
> 		PATH="$TRASH_DIRECTORY/badp4dir:$PATH" &&
> 		export PATH &&
> 		test_expect_code 1 git p4 clone --dest="$git" //depot >errs 2>&1
> 	) &&
>
>>  	test_must_fail grep -q Traceback errs
>
> We don't expect that grep fails due to segfault or something. Write this
> line as
>
> 	! grep Traceback errs
>
> Also drop the -q; if the test detects a failure, you do want to see the
> grep output in a verbose test run.
All true.  Thanks for carefully reading.
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Message 7 of 14 in “git p4 test fixes”
  1. 0/9 git p4 test fixesPete Wyckoff, Jun 26, 2012
  2. 1/9 git p4 test: wait longer for p4d to startPete Wyckoff, Jun 26, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 26, 2012
  4. 2/9 git p4 test: use real_path to resolve p4 client symlinksPete Wyckoff, Jun 26, 2012
  5. 3/9 git p4 test: simplify quoting involving TRASH_DIRECTORYPete Wyckoff, Jun 26, 2012
  6. Johannes SixtJun 26, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 26, 2012
  8. Pete WyckoffJun 26, 2012
  9. 4/9 git p4 test: never create default test repoPete Wyckoff, Jun 26, 2012
  10. 5/9 git p4 test: rename some "git-p4 command" stringsPete Wyckoff, Jun 26, 2012
  11. 6/9 git p4 test: check for error message in failed testPete Wyckoff, Jun 26, 2012
  12. 7/9 git p4 test: copy source indeterminatePete Wyckoff, Jun 26, 2012
  13. 8/9 git p4 test: cleanup_git should make a new $gitPete Wyckoff, Jun 26, 2012
  14. 9/9 git p4 test: split up big t9800 testPete Wyckoff, Jun 26, 2012

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