Re: [PATCH 1/2] t5410: use longer path for sample script

From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] t5410: use longer path for sample script
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:53:31 +0200 (DST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1810241051440.4546@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181024073705.GA31202@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Hi Peff,

On Wed, 24 Oct 2018, Jeff King wrote:

> t5410 creates a sample script "alternate-refs", and sets
> core.alternateRefsCommand to just "alternate-refs". That
> shouldn't work, as "." is not in our $PATH, and so we should
> not find it.
> 
> However, due to a bug in run-command.c, we sometimes find it
> anyway! Even more confusing, this bug is only in the
> fork-based version of run-command. So the test passes on
> Linux (etc), but fails on Windows.
> 
> In preparation for fixing the run-command bug, let's use a
> more complete path here.
> 
> Reported-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
> ---

Thank you for the fix! I can confirm that the patch works, and the commit
message is stellar, as per usual for your contributions.

BTW since this breaks every single one of our Continuous Builds on
Windows, I would be very much in favor of fast-tracking this to `master`.

Thanks,
Dscho

>  t/t5410-receive-pack-alternates.sh | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/t/t5410-receive-pack-alternates.sh b/t/t5410-receive-pack-alternates.sh
> index 457c20c2a5..f00d0da860 100755
> --- a/t/t5410-receive-pack-alternates.sh
> +++ b/t/t5410-receive-pack-alternates.sh
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ test_expect_success 'with core.alternateRefsCommand' '
>  			--format="%(objectname)" \
>  			refs/heads/public/
>  	EOF
> -	test_config -C fork core.alternateRefsCommand alternate-refs &&
> +	test_config -C fork core.alternateRefsCommand ./alternate-refs &&
>  	git rev-parse public/branch >expect &&
>  	printf "0000" | git receive-pack fork >actual &&
>  	extract_haves <actual >actual.haves &&
> -- 
> 2.19.1.1094.gd480080bf6
> 
> 