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Re: [PATCH ab/fsck-unexpected-type] t1450-fsck: exec-bit is not needed to make loose object writable

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 13, 2022, 23:04 UTC
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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:
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> A test case wants to append stuff to a loose object file to ensure
> that this kind of corruption is detected. To make a read-only loose
> object file writable with chmod, it is not necessary to also make
> it executable. Replace the bitmask 755 with the instruction +w to
> request only the write bit and to also heed the umask. And get rid
> of a POSIXPERM prerequisite, which is unnecessary for the test.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
> ---
>  I happened to notice this by chance when I built on Windows today.
Thanks.  Looks quite sensible.
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>
>  t/t1450-fsck.sh | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/t/t1450-fsck.sh b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
> index 6337236fd8..de50c0ea01 100755
> --- a/t/t1450-fsck.sh
> +++ b/t/t1450-fsck.sh
> @@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ test_expect_success 'object with hash and type mismatch' '
>  	)
>  '
>  
> -test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'zlib corrupt loose object output ' '
> +test_expect_success 'zlib corrupt loose object output ' '
>  	git init --bare corrupt-loose-output &&
>  	(
>  		cd corrupt-loose-output &&
>  		oid=$(git hash-object -w --stdin --literally </dev/null) &&
>  		oidf=objects/$(test_oid_to_path "$oid") &&
> -		chmod 755 $oidf &&
> +		chmod +w $oidf &&
>  		echo extra garbage >>$oidf &&
>  
>  		cat >expect.error <<-EOF &&
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  1. t1450-fsck: exec-bit is not needed to make loose object writableJohannes Sixt, Jan 13, 2022
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2022

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