Re: [PATCH] Avoid using non-portable `echo -n` in tests.
From: Shawn O. Pearce <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:45:33
Brian Gernhardt [off-list ref] wrote:
Not all /bin/sh have a builtin echo that recognizes -n. Using printf is far more portable.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh index c1850d2..f6a2dbd 100755 --- a/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh +++ b/t/t9400-git-cvsserver-server.sh@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ cd "$WORKDIR" test_expect_success 'cvs update (-p)' ' touch really-empty && echo Line 1 > no-lf && - echo -n Line 2 >> no-lf && + printf Line 2 >> no-lf &&
That needs to be: printf 'Line 2' to have the same result. Fortunately I don't think it matters in this test, but it does read odd. -- Shawn.