# Re: \[PATCH v2 3/5\] t1500: avoid changing working directory outside of tests

- From: Eric Sunshine \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-06-16 02:19:26 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7681044
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/06/7681035/t.md

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On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 5:52 PM, Jeff King [ref] wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 04:48:33PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote:
>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Junio C Hamano [ref] wrote:
>> > Eric Sunshine [ref] writes:
>> >> +                     git ${dir:+-C "$dir"} rev-parse --$o >actual &&
>> >
>> > This is kosher POSIX, but I vaguely recall some shells had trouble
>> > with the SP between -C and "$dir" in the past.  Let's see if anybody
>> > screams; hopefully I am misremembering or buggy shells died out.
>>
>> I also am bothered by a vague recollection of some issue (possibly
>> involving the internal space and lack of quotes around the entire
>> ${...}), but couldn't remember nor find a reference to the specific
>> details. Perhaps someone reading the patch has a better memory than I.
>
>   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/265094

Thanks for the link. I just tested with FreeBSD 8, and the shell
indeed exhibits that broken behavior. The workaround in Kyle's patch
isn't the prettiest (and is a bit verbose), but it gets the job done.

I can send v3 using that workaround unless Junio wants to patch it locally(?).
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