On 09/07/2012 01:08 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> mhag...@alum.mit.edu writes:
> 
>> From: Michael Haggerty <mhag...@alum.mit.edu>
>>
>> There is currently a bug: if passed an absolute top-level path that
>> doesn't exist (e.g., "/foo") it incorrectly interprets the path as a
>> relative path (e.g., returns "$(pwd)/foo").  So mark the test as
>> failing.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhag...@alum.mit.edu>
>> ---
>>  t/t0000-basic.sh | 12 +++++++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/t/t0000-basic.sh b/t/t0000-basic.sh
>> index 1a51634..ad002ee 100755
>> --- a/t/t0000-basic.sh
>> +++ b/t/t0000-basic.sh
>> @@ -458,7 +458,17 @@ test_expect_success 'real path rejects the empty 
>> string' '
>>      test_must_fail test-path-utils real_path ""
>>  '
>>  
>> -test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'real path works as expected' '
>> +test_expect_failure 'real path works on absolute paths' '
>> +    nopath="hopefully-absent-path" &&
>> +    test "/" = "$(test-path-utils real_path "/")" &&
>> +    test "/$nopath" = "$(test-path-utils real_path "/$nopath")" &&
> 
> You could perhaps do
> 
>       sfx=0 &&
>         while test -e "/$nopath$sfx"
>         do
>               sfx=$(( $sfx + 1 ))
>       done && nopath=$nopath$sfx &&
>       test "/$nopath" = "$(test-path-utils real_path "/$nopath")" &&
> 
> if you really cared.

The possibility is obvious.  Are you advocating it?

I considered that approach, but came to the opinion that it would be
overkill that would only complicate the code for no real advantage,
given that (1) I picked a name that is pretty implausible for an
existing file, (2) the test suite only reads the file, never writes it
(so there is no risk that a copy from a previous run gets left behind),
(3) it's only test suite code, and any failures would have minor
consequences.

Please let me know if you assess the situation differently.

Michael

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