Re: test_pause giving '__git_ps1: not found' warning

From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
Date: Jan 14, 2023, 17:49 UTC
Message-ID: <8355f48b-dbf9-7cfe-c85c-0d6ca5926c8c@iee.email>
In-Reply-To: <bce6ac3a-17a6-beed-43ef-5a1e0dd92a5d@iee.email>

On 14/01/2023 14:54, Philip Oakley wrote:

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> I was trying to refine a test_expect_failure test [1] and tried 
> inserting a `test_pause &&` test line [2].
>
> I then found, when it paused, I was repeatedly given the warning line
>     /bin/sh: 1: __git_ps1: not found
> in the terminal until I expected the test shell.
>
> my PS1 is working normally in the terminal, but not here.  Is this 
> expected, or do I need to set up anything else?
>
> Normally I'm on Git for Windows, but this was on my old laptop (Acer 
> 7741 i5 4GB ram..) converted to Ubuntu 20.04, which I use when away.
>
> The basic sequence was
>
> ~$ cd repos/git
> ~/repos/git (doctrunc *)$ cd t
> ~/repos/git/t (doctrunc *)$ ./t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh  -i -x -v
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/philip/repos/git/t/trash 
> directory.t4205-log-pretty-formats/.git/
>
> [... ...]
>
> + git log --format=%<(5,mtrunc)%s -4
> + test_pause
> + PAUSE_TERM=dumb
> + PAUSE_SHELL=/bin/sh
> + PAUSE_HOME=/home/philip/repos/git/t/trash 
> directory.t4205-log-pretty-formats
> + test 0 != 0
> + TERM=dumb HOME=/home/philip/repos/git/t/trash 
> directory.t4205-log-pretty-formats /bin/sh

I think the 'gotcha' is here in the setting of HOME within the test_pause which in some ways conflicts with the setting of the __git_ps1 instructions [3].

My local .bashrc has

     . /home/philip/git-completion.bash
     . ~/git-prompt.sh
     export GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=1
     export PS1='\w$(__git_ps1 " (%s)")\$ '

Not sure why I have a relative and an absolute path but... , so I'll try updating the git-prompt.sh to an absolute path, and if that works, maybe think about adding an extra comment to the `test-lib-functions.sh` to note the change of HOME and potential '__git_ps1' problem

[3] https://git-scm.com/book/uz/v2/Appendix-A%3A-Git-in-Other-Environments-Git-in-Bash

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> /bin/sh: 1: __git_ps1: not found
> \w$ git status
> On branch source-b
> [...]
> nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to 
> track)
> /bin/sh: 1: __git_ps1: not found
>
> I added the gits status to see when/where the warning was emitted.
>
> [1] 
> https://github.com/PhilipOakley/git/blob/doctrunc/t/t4205-log-pretty-formats.sh#L1021-L1046
> [2] 
> https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/t/test-lib-functions.sh#L137-L188
>
>
> Any suggestions as to how to set this up correctly to avoid the warning?
> -- 
> Philip