Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] diff --no-index tests: test mode normalization

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 22, 2021, 19:22 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqsg4n56zm.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <a1ab6a323f2e0aeed781a95d286740d3013ff5f0.1616366036.git.avarab@gmail.com>

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> +test_expect_success POSIXPERM,SYMLINKS 'diff --no-index normalizes: mode not like git mode (symlink)' '
> +	ln -s y z &&
> +	X_OID=$(git hash-object --stdin <x) &&
> +	Z_OID=$(echo -n y | git hash-object --stdin) &&

s/echo -n/printf/

t4053-diff-no-index.sh:185: error: echo with option is not portable (use printf): Z_OID=$(echo -n y | git hash-object --stdin) && gmake[1]: *** [Makefile:95: test-lint-shell-syntax] Error 1 gmake[1]: Leaving directory '/home/jch/w/buildfarm/jch/t' gmake: *** [Makefile:2855: test] Error 2

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