From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 06:47:07 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add a test for git-commit being confused by relative GIT_DIR
Message-ID: <854pj5s104.fsf@lola.goethe.zz>
In-Reply-To: <7vvebljz31.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> +test_expect_success 'Setting up post-commit hook' '
>> +mkdir -p .git/hooks &&
>> +cat <<EOF >.git/hooks/post-commit &&
>> +#!/bin/sh
>> +touch $(pwd)/output
>> +echo "Post commit hook was called."
>> +EOF
>> +chmod +x .git/hooks/post-commit'
>
> We have avoided to use here text inside test_expect_success, as
> there have been reports that some otherwise reasonably usable
> shells do not grok it.

Ok.

> Although I prefer to do everything, including the set-up part,
> inside test_expect_success, please move this code outside.

I can easily enough make it an echo.

> Also I do not think you would want to say touch $(pwd)/output
> there inside the here text that begins with <<EOF not <<\EOF.

But I most certainly do!  The same file should be touched regardless
of what the cwd at the time of calling the hook is.  Otherwise, I
would not need the $(pwd) in the first place.  The whole point is that
it is expanded at the time of the hook creation.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum