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[minor] t1004-read-tree-m-u-wf.sh no more passes when "root"

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JLJerome Lovy <t2a2e9z8ncbs9qg@brefemail.com>
Date
May 6, 2008, 13:22 UTC
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<fvpmdn$hq1$1@ger.gmane.org>
Hello,

as I've been used to building and testing Git as root - granted, this goes against what INSTALL guidelines suggest - I have noticed the following : until v1.4.4.4, 'make test' could be successfully run as "root" ; it now (v1.5.5.1) fails on t1004-read-tree-m-u-wf.sh with following output:

* FAIL 13: funny symlink in work tree, un-unlink-able
                 rm -fr a b &&
                 git reset --hard &&
                 git checkout sym-a &&
                 chmod a-w a &&
                 test_must_fail git read-tree -m -u sym-a sym-a sym-b

Meanwhile I have found out that this isn't a problem for me in practice, since the test-suite passes when run "as myself", still I report this in case it could be a clue for something more serious...

Thanks, Jérôme

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  1. Jerome LovyMay 6, 2008

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