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Re: [PATCH] t0300-credentials: Word around a solaris /bin/sh bug

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Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 2, 2012, 19:44 UTC
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Wor_k_ around ...

On Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:32:15 +0100, Ben Walton <bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca> wrote:

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> Solaris' /bin/sh was making the IFS setting permanent instead of
> temporary when using it to slurp in credentials in the generated
> 'dump' script of the 'setup helper scripts' test in t0300-credentials.
>
> The stderr file that was being compared to expected-stderr contained the
> following stray line from the credential helper run:
>
> warning: invalid credential line: username foo
>
> To avoid this bug, capture the original IFS and force it to be reset
> after its use is no longer required.  For now, this is lighter weight
> than altering which shell these scripts use as their shebang.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Walton <bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca>
> ---
>  t/t0300-credentials.sh |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t0300-credentials.sh b/t/t0300-credentials.sh
> index 885af8f..1be3fe2 100755
> --- a/t/t0300-credentials.sh
> +++ b/t/t0300-credentials.sh
> @@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ test_expect_success 'setup helper scripts' '
>  	cat >dump <<-\EOF &&
>  	whoami=`echo $0 | sed s/.*git-credential-//`
>  	echo >&2 "$whoami: $*"
> +	OIFS=$IFS
>  	while IFS== read key value; do
>  		echo >&2 "$whoami: $key=$value"
>  		eval "$key=$value"
>  	done
> +	IFS=$OIFS
>  	EOF
> 	cat >git-credential-useless <<-\EOF &&
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  1. t0300-credentials: Word around a solaris /bin/sh bugBen Walton, Feb 2, 2012
  2. Frans KlaverFeb 2, 2012
  3. Ben WaltonFeb 2, 2012
  4. Jeff KingFeb 2, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  6. Jeff KingFeb 3, 2012
  7. Ben WaltonFeb 3, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  9. Jeff KingFeb 3, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  11. Jeff KingFeb 3, 2012
  12. Ben WaltonFeb 3, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2012
  14. Jeff KingFeb 3, 2012
  15. Jeff KingFeb 4, 2012
  16. 1/2 tests: add write_script helper functionJeff King, Feb 4, 2012
  17. 2/2 t0300: use write_script helperJeff King, Feb 4, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2012
  19. Jeff KingFeb 4, 2012
  20. Jonathan NiederFeb 2, 2012
  21. Matthieu MoyFeb 2, 2012
  22. Jonathan NiederFeb 2, 2012

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