Re: git subtree bug produces divergent descendants

From: David Ware <davidw@realtimegenomics.com>
Date: Dec 7, 2015, 21:01 UTC
Message-ID: <CAET=KiXHoasXv6_y=SLZEAd=CCzj0T3zW6Wb7rF42=8v2LxZ+w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20151207045307.GA624@flurp.local>

Thanks for taking the time to look over it. I'm not familiar with the process here.

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:

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> Tests don't automatically return to the directory prior to the 'cd',
> so when this test ends, the current directory will still be
> 'git_subtree_split_check'. If someone later adds a test following
> this one, that test will execute within 'git_subtree_split_check',
> which might not be expected by the test writer.
>
> To ensure that the prior working directory is restored at the end of
> the test (regardless of success or failure), tests typically employ a
> subshell using this idiom:
>
>     mkdir foo &&
>     (
>         cd foo &&
>         ... &&
>         ...
>     )
>

I'm not at all familiar with this test harness so I had a few problems here (like this, and the bash variable). Thank you for the advice.

Cheers, Dave Ware