Jonathan Nieder [off-list ref] writes:
Junio C Hamano wrote:
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Moving to some other directory and letting the remainder of the test
pieces to expect that they start there is a bad practice.
I agree with the above, and I like the patch...
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The test
that contains chdir itself may fail (or by mistake skipped via the
GIT_SKIP_TESTS mechanism) in which case the remainder may operate on
files in unexpected places.
... but this logic seems wrong. I don't think we've ever supported
setup tests failing or being skipped in the past.
The first set-up test, yes, but something in the middle added as an
afterthought?