Re: [PATCH v3 5/8] tests: make GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON a boolean

diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 374cb33005..b985d60fa4 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c

@@ -956,6 +956,15 @@ static void die_bad_number(const char *name, const char *value)
 	if (!value)
 		value = "";
 
+	if (!strcmp(name, "GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON"))
+		/*
+		 * We explicitly *don't* use _() here since it would
+		 * cause an infinite loop with _() needing to call
+		 * use_gettext_poison(). This is why marked up
+		 * translations with N_() above.
+		 */
+		die(bad_numeric, value, name, error_type);

diff --git a/git-sh-i18n.sh b/git-sh-i18n.sh
index e1d917fd27..8eef60b43f 100644
--- a/git-sh-i18n.sh
+++ b/git-sh-i18n.sh

@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ export TEXTDOMAINDIR
 
 # First decide what scheme to use...
 GIT_INTERNAL_GETTEXT_SH_SCHEME=fallthrough
-if test -n "$GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON"
+if test -n "$GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON" &&
+	    git env--helper --type=bool --default=0 --exit-code \
+		GIT_TEST_GETTEXT_POISON