Re: What's cooking in git.git (Aug 2021, #02; Tue, 3)

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [off-list ref] writes:

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* ab/test-columns (2021-08-02) 3 commits
 - test-lib.sh: use GIT_TEST_COLUMNS over COLUMNS
 - test-lib-functions.sh: add a test_with_columns function
 - test-lib-functions.sh: rename test_must_fail_acceptable()

We're going to need this or another solution to the v2.33.0-rc0
regression in c49a177beca (test-lib.sh: set COLUMNS=80 for --verbose
repeatability, 2021-06-29) before the final v2.33.0.

Just a question.  Is that true?  Wouldn't a system that needs these
on top of c49a177beca already break the tests without c49a177beca?

IOW, is c49a177beca truly a "regression", or is it merely "a half
solution that solves for most but not all platforms"?