Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] t3418: add testcase showing problems with rebase -i and strategy options

From: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date: Jun 27, 2018, 18:24 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPig+cRckrRSp6Wg7vWXuOWUTW8rChFpVM9Px06u+Kb_p1-8-w@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <eb66b6da-a306-3f65-abf3-9b845fba32cd@kdbg.org>

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 2:17 PM Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> wrote:

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> Pitfalls ahead!
>
>         PATH=... git rebase ...
>
> is OK, but
>
>         PATH=... test_must_fail git rebase ...
>
> is not; the latter requires the subshell, otherwise the modified PATH
> variable survives the command because test_must_fail is a shell
> function. Yes, it's silly, but that's how it is.

As an alternative to the subshell, some test use 'env':

    test_must_fail env PATH=... git rebase ...

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