From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:29:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not fail test if '.' is part of $PATH
Message-ID: <xmqq4lbviha2.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20181201193822.GA28918@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> Since the test is ultimately checking "can we run should-not-run from
> the current directory", might it be simpler to actually try that as the
> precondition? I.e., something like:
> ...

A nice egg of columbus.  It also would save us from mischievous
users who have should-not-run somewhere no the $PATH that outputs
the string we expect (no, I do not think it is a common thing to do;
I am just saying that the solution covers such an extremely stupid
case without special casing).