Re: [PATCH] t/test-lib.sh: fix TRASH_DIRECTORY handling

> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 05:34:56PM +0100, John Keeping wrote:
>
>> After the location of $TRASH_DIRECTORY is adjusted by
>> $TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY, we go on to use the $test variable to make the
>> trash directory and cd into it.  This means that when
>> $TEST_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY is not "." and an absolute --root has not been
>> specified, we do not remove the trash directory once the tests are
>> complete (remove_trash is set to $TRASH_DIRECTORY).
>> 
>> Fix this by always referring to the trash directory as $TRASH_DIRECTORY.
>
> Thanks, this seems to date back all the way to my f423ef5 (tests: allow
> user to specify trash directory location, 2009-08-09), although I think
> at that time it was not even possible to run the tests from any other
> directory. So I am happy to blame Thomas's later patches for violating
> my assumptions. :)
>
> Definitely:
>
>   Acked-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>

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> Subject: [PATCH] t/test-lib.sh: drop "$test" variable
>
> The $test variable is used as an interim buffer for
> constructing $TRASH_DIRECTORY, and is almost compatible with
> it (the exception being that $test has not been converted to
> an absolute path). Let's get rid of it entirely so that
> later code does not accidentally use it, thinking the two
> are interchangeable.