From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:32:22 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] t2405: use git -C and test_commit -C instead of subshells
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In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cQgh+gmrDwSqJz1hHViBxTP6UDkuHjKTRLbackcxeQE9A@mail.gmail.com>

Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> writes:

> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 7:24 AM Philippe Blain via GitGitGadget
> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The subshells used in the setup phase of this test are unnecessary.
>> Remove them by using 'git -C' and 'test_commit -C'.
>
> The subshells may not be necessary, but the code feels cleaner before
> this patch is applied since all the added "-C foo/bar" noise hurts
> readability. So, I'm "meh" on this patch and wouldn't complain if it
> was dropped (though I don't insist upon it).

I dunno.  Each of these subshells did not do much after going into
its subdirectory, so repetition of "-C foo/bar" did not bother me
that much.

>> Signed-off-by: Philippe Blain <levraiphilippeblain@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/t/t2405-worktree-submodule.sh b/t/t2405-worktree-submodule.sh
>> @@ -6,32 +6,16 @@ test_description='Combination of submodules and multiple worktrees'
>> -               git commit -m "file1 updated"
>> +       git -C origin/main commit -m "add sub" &&
>> +       test_commit -C origin/sub "file1-updated" file1 file1updated &&
>> @@ -49,7 +33,7 @@ test_expect_success 'checkout main' '
>> -       grep "file1 updated" out
>> +       grep "file1-updated" out
>
> Why this change? Is it because test_commit() mishandles the whitespace
> in the commit message? If so, it might deserve mention in the commit
> message of this patch. (Even better would be to fix test_commit(), if
> that is the case.)

FWIW I had the same reaction on that dash in "file1 updated".