From: D. Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:27:08 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t7500: fix tests with absolute path following ":(optional)" on Windows
Message-ID: <CALnO6CBwn-NP-ZdoaeOD37_VM8N4D-KKopm3nnf4a9b+9OiizA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <5d780103-285b-4e6c-9b26-2a87609837cf@kdbg.org>

On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:
>
> Am 20.10.25 um 15:43 schrieb Ben Knoble:
> > Going forward I will probably stick with using pwd, given the
> > difference in platform behavior.
> $(pwd) is usually safe, but not always. If we have to look at every
> instance anyway, we can use $PWD for efficiency if it does not matter,
> and $(pwd) only when it is necessary.
>
> > Is there a doc or test lint for that? If not, might be useful.
>
> If this were documented somewhere, would you have found it and obeyed
> the recommendations?

Likely yes, but I'll admit to being the exception rather than the rule
(I like to read). A lint is more valuable in that it can at least be
run rather than searched for.

-- 
D. Ben Knoble