# [PATCH] Test: catch if trash cannot be removed

1 messages from 2008-03-19 to 2008-03-19. Participants: Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/12749

## Junio C Hamano, 2008-03-19 04:58

Subject: [PATCH] Test: catch if trash cannot be removed
Message-ID: <7vd4pr5mzq.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vd4pr5mzq.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org

```
When your test creates an unwritable directory that test framework cannot
clean out by "rm -fr trash", later tests cannot start in a fresh state
they expect to.  Detect this and error out early.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 t/test-lib.sh |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index 268b26c..870b255 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -396,7 +396,12 @@ fi
 
 # Test repository
 test=trash
-rm -fr "$test"
+rm -fr "$test" || {
+	trap - exit
+	echo >&5 "FATAL: Cannot prepare test area"
+	exit 1
+}
+
 test_create_repo $test
 cd "$test"
 
-- 
1.5.5.rc0.122.g8e28f

```