From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Mon, 03 May 2021 04:21:28 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingGuidelines: explicitly allow "local" for test scripts
Message-ID: <CAPig+cR19WDY1=qTbJMCzxeXjV4XtEddS1+=H8Cj6NUi5ZdN+w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqfsz4a23x.fsf@gitster.g>

On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 12:11 AM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> 01d3a526 (t0000: check whether the shell supports the "local"
> keyword, 2017-10-26) raised a test balloon to see if those who build
> and test Git use a platform without a shell that lacks support for
> the "local" keyword. [...]

Double negative whammy. Should be either:

    use a platform with a shell that lacks support

or:

    use a platform without a shell supporting "local"

Or I'm confused and misunderstanding what was written.