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Re: [PATCH v1 4/4] t1301: do not change $CWD in "shared=all" test case

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Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 28, 2022, 09:46 UTC
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On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 12:41 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > From: Jiang Xin <zhiyou.jx@alibaba-inc.com>
> >
> > In test case "shared=all", the working directory is permanently changed
> > to the "sub" directory. This leads to a strange behavior that the
> > temporary repositories created by subsequent test cases are all in this
> > "sub" directory, such as "sub/new", "sub/child.git". If we bypass this
> > test case, all subsequent test cases will have different working
> > directory.
> >
> > Since the test case "shared=all" and all subsequent will work properly
> > in the default test repository, we don't need to create and change to
> > the "sub" directory in the test case "shared=all".
>
> It is much worse than that.  If existing tests after this step were
> running destructive operations in their "..", because we have this
> extra "sub" directory and such a destructive test were running
> there, the damage would have been contained in $TRASH_DIRECTORY but
> with this change, it will touch t/ (or the parent directory of the
> $TRASH_DIRECTORY).  So, "will work properly" may not be sufficient;
> we need to audit the rest of the script and make sure there is no
> such funny "step outside the test enviromnent" happening before we
> are sure that this is a "safe" change.

No such funny operations in the follow test cases, but will add some notes in commit log.

Thanks.

-- Jiang Xin

>
> It is the "right" thing to do, though.  I do not see any reason why
> we want to have an extra level "sub" directory there.
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  1. 1/4 t1301: fix wrong template dir for git-initJiang Xin, Nov 27, 2022
  2. 2/4 t1301: use test_when_finished for cleanupJiang Xin, Nov 27, 2022
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2022
  4. 3/4 t1301: wrap the statements in the for loopJiang Xin, Nov 27, 2022
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2022
  6. Jiang XinNov 28, 2022
  7. Jiang XinNov 28, 2022
  8. 4/4 t1301: do not change $CWD in "shared=all" test caseJiang Xin, Nov 27, 2022
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 28, 2022
  10. Jiang XinNov 28, 2022
  11. 1/3 t1301: fix wrong template dir for git-initJiang Xin, Nov 28, 2022
  12. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 28, 2022
  13. Jiang XinNov 28, 2022
  14. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 28, 2022
  15. 2/3 t1301: use test_when_finished for cleanupJiang Xin, Nov 28, 2022
  16. 3/3 t1301: do not change $CWD in "shared=all" test caseJiang Xin, Nov 28, 2022
  17. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 28, 2022
  18. Jiang XinNov 28, 2022
  19. Junio C HamanoNov 29, 2022
  20. 0/3 t1301: various updatesJiang Xin, Nov 28, 2022
  21. 0/3 t1301: various updatesJiang Xin, Nov 29, 2022
  22. 1/3 t1301: fix wrong template dir for git-initJiang Xin, Nov 29, 2022
  23. 2/3 t1301: use test_when_finished for cleanupJiang Xin, Nov 29, 2022
  24. 3/3 t1301: do not change $CWD in "shared=all" test caseJiang Xin, Nov 29, 2022

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