File descriptors 3 and 4 are special in our test suite, as
they link back to the test script's original stdout and
stderr. Normally this isn't something tests need to worry
about: they are free to clobber these descriptors for
sub-commands without affecting the overall script.
But there's one very special thing about descriptor 4: since
d88785e424 (test-lib: set BASH_XTRACEFD automatically,
2016-05-11), we ask bash to output "set -x" output to it by
number. This goes to _any_ descriptor 4, even if it no
longer points to the place it did when we set BASH_XTRACEFD.
But in t5615, we run a shell loop with descriptor 4
redirected. As a result, t5615 works with non-bash shells
even with "-x". And it works with bash without "-x". But the
combination of "bash t5615-alternate-env.sh -x" gets a test
failure (because our "set -x" output pollutes one of the
files).
We can fix this by using any descriptor _except_ the magical
4. So let's switch arbitrarily to using 5/6 in this loop,
not 3/4.
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <p...@peff.net>
---
I also considered trying to bump the "set -x" output descriptor to "9".
That just moves the problem around, but presumably scripts are less
likely to go that high. :)
It would also be possible to pick something insanely high, like "999".
Many shells choke on descriptors higher than 9, but since the issue is
related to BASH_XTRACEFD, we could make it a bash-only thing. I don't
know if it's worth the trouble. I hate leaving a subtle "don't use
descriptor 4 in a subshell or your script will break" hand-grenade like
this lying around, but we do seem to have only one instance of it over
the whole test suite.
t/t5615-alternate-env.sh | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/t/t5615-alternate-env.sh b/t/t5615-alternate-env.sh
index d2d883f3a1..b4905b822c 100755
--- a/t/t5615-alternate-env.sh
+++ b/t/t5615-alternate-env.sh
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ check_obj () {
alt=$1; shift
while read obj expect
do
- echo "$obj" >&3 &&
- echo "$obj $expect" >&4
- done 3>input 4>expect &&
+ echo "$obj" >&5 &&
+ echo "$obj $expect" >&6
+ done 5>input 6>expect &&
GIT_ALTERNATE_OBJECT_DIRECTORIES=$alt \
git "$@" cat-file --batch-check='%(objectname) %(objecttype)' \
<input >actual &&
--
2.15.0.rc1.560.g5f0609e481
