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Re: [GSoC][PATCH v5 3/3] submodule: port subcommand foreach from shell to C

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Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>
Date
May 27, 2017, 14:06 UTC
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On 27/05/17 02:20, Ramsay Jones wrote:
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> 
> 
> On 26/05/17 22:54, Johannes Sixt wrote:
>> Am 26.05.2017 um 17:17 schrieb Prathamesh Chavan:
>>> +    argv_array_pushf(&cp.env_array, "path=%s", list_item->name);
>>
>> Not good! On Windows, environment variables are case insensitive. The environment variable "path" has a very special purpose, although it is generally spelled "PATH" (actually "Path" on Windows).
>>
>> Lowercase "path" may have worked as long as it was only used in a shell script (and perhaps only by lucky coincidence), but this I can pretty much guarantee to fail. (I haven't tested it, though.)
>>
>> The correct fix can only be to rename this variable here and in shell scripts that need the value that is set here.
> 
> Yeah, I already pointed to commit 64394e3ae9 (but it seems not
> to have registered!), but ...
> 
> I tried provoking a failure on cygwin, and I couldn't get it to fail!

To be more explicit, last Sunday I hacked into t7407 to show an example failure on cygwin (see patch below), but it passes on both Linux (expected) and cygwin! :( Perhaps you can see what I'm doing wrong?

ATB, Ramsay Jones

-- >8 --
Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 16:23:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] submodule: foreach $path munging on cygwin
---
 t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
index 6ba5daf42..c2d66bab7 100755
--- a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
+++ b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
@@ -68,17 +68,36 @@ Entering 'sub3'
 $pwd/clone-foo3-sub3-$sub3sha1
 EOF
 
+cat >expect-func <<EOF
+Entering 'sub1'
+running from TRASH
+path is <<sub1>>
+Entering 'sub3'
+running from TRASH
+path is <<sub3>>
+EOF
+
 test_expect_success 'test basic "submodule foreach" usage' '
+	PATH="$PWD:$PATH" &&
+	write_script foreach-func <<-\EOF &&
+	echo "running from TRASH"
+	echo "path is <<$1>>"
+	EOF
 	git clone super clone &&
 	(
 		cd clone &&
 		git submodule update --init -- sub1 sub3 &&
 		git submodule foreach "echo \$toplevel-\$name-\$path-\$sha1" > ../actual &&
+		git submodule foreach "foreach-func \$path" > ../actual-func1 &&
+		git submodule foreach "export path; foreach-func \$path" > ../actual-func2 &&
 		git config foo.bar zar &&
 		git submodule foreach "git config --file \"\$toplevel/.git/config\" foo.bar"
 	) &&
+	test_i18ncmp expect-func actual-func1 &&
+	test_i18ncmp expect-func actual-func2 &&
 	test_i18ncmp expect actual
 '
+test_done
 
 cat >expect <<EOF
 Entering '../sub1'
-- 
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Message 26 of 48 in “submodule: port subcommand foreach from shell to C”
  1. Prathamesh ChavanApr 19, 2017
  2. Stefan BellerApr 19, 2017
  3. [GSoC][RFC/PATCH v2] submodule: port subcommand foreach from shell to CPrathamesh Chavan, Apr 22, 2017
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2017
  5. Stefan BellerApr 24, 2017
  6. Ramsay JonesApr 24, 2017
  7. Stefan BellerApr 24, 2017
  8. Ramsay JonesApr 24, 2017
  9. [GSoC][RFC/PATCH v3 1/2] t7407: test "submodule foreach --recursive" from subdirectory addedPrathamesh Chavan, May 12, 2017
  10. [GSoC][RFC/PATCH v3 2/2] submodule: port subcommand foreach from shell to CPrathamesh Chavan, May 12, 2017
  11. Stefan BellerMay 15, 2017
  12. Brandon WilliamsMay 15, 2017
  13. [GSoC][PATCH v4 1/2] t7407: test "submodule foreach --recursive" from subdirectory addedPrathamesh Chavan, May 21, 2017
  14. [GSoC][PATCH v4 2/2] submodule: port subcommand foreach from shell to CPrathamesh Chavan, May 21, 2017
  15. Stefan BellerMay 22, 2017
  16. Brandon WilliamsMay 23, 2017
  17. Brandon WilliamsMay 23, 2017
  18. Stefan BellerMay 23, 2017
  19. Brandon WilliamsMay 23, 2017
  20. [GSoC][PATCH v5 1/3] submodule: fix buggy $path and $sm_path variable's valuePrathamesh Chavan, May 26, 2017
  21. [GSoC][PATCH v5 3/3] submodule: port subcommand foreach from shell to CPrathamesh Chavan, May 26, 2017
  22. Stefan BellerMay 26, 2017
  23. Brandon WilliamsMay 26, 2017
  24. Johannes SixtMay 26, 2017
  25. Ramsay JonesMay 27, 2017
  26. Ramsay JonesMay 27, 2017
  27. Johannes SixtMay 27, 2017
  28. Brandon WilliamsMay 26, 2017
  29. [GSoC][PATCH v5 2/3] t7407: test "submodule foreach --recursive" from subdirectory addedPrathamesh Chavan, May 26, 2017
  30. Stefan BellerMay 26, 2017
  31. Brandon WilliamsMay 26, 2017
  32. Ramsay JonesMay 26, 2017
  33. Stefan BellerMay 26, 2017
  34. Ramsay JonesMay 27, 2017
  35. Stefan BellerMay 30, 2017
  36. Ramsay JonesMay 30, 2017
  37. Stefan BellerMay 30, 2017
  38. Ramsay JonesMay 31, 2017
  39. Ramsay JonesMay 31, 2017
  40. [GSoC][PATCH v6 1/2] submodule: fix buggy $path and $sm_path variable's valuePrathamesh Chavan, Jun 2, 2017
  41. [GSoC][PATCH v6 2/2] submodule: port subcommand foreach from shell to CPrathamesh Chavan, Jun 2, 2017
  42. Stefan BellerJun 3, 2017
  43. Prathamesh ChavanJun 4, 2017
  44. Brandon WilliamsMay 23, 2017
  45. submodule foreach: correct $sm_path in nested submodules from a dirStefan Beller, Jun 3, 2017
  46. Ramsay JonesJun 3, 2017
  47. Ramsay JonesJun 4, 2017
  48. Jonathan NiederJun 5, 2017

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