Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] ref-filter: add worktreepath atom

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Jan 3, 2019, 09:31 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cQfjQBW-pAb1w92CVD3a4juRrkpnvwHsVM50xtUeSnf8g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20190103054043.GG20047@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 12:40 AM Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 12:47:54AM -0800, nbelakovski@gmail.com wrote:
> > +test_expect_success 'validate worktree atom' '
> > +     {
> > +     echo master: $PWD &&
> > +     echo master_worktree: $PWD/worktree_dir &&
> > +     echo side: not checked out
> > +     } > expect &&
>
> Minor style nit: use "} >expect" without the extra space.

An interpolating here-doc would be even more natural:

    cat >expect <-EOF &&
    master: $(pwd)
    master_worktree: $(pwd)/worktree_dir
    side: not checked out
    EOF

> This checks the actual directories. Good. I can never remember the rules
> for when to use $PWD versus $(pwd) on Windows. We may run afoul of the
> distinction here.

As I understand it, this is exactly a case in which you would need to use $(pwd); namely, when coming up with an "expect" value. t/README talks about it.