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| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t0000-basic.sh | 14 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/t/t0000-basic.sh b/t/t0000-basic.sh index 31de7e90f3..60c6610ec0 100755 --- a/t/t0000-basic.sh +++ b/t/t0000-basic.sh @@ -25,16 +25,14 @@ try_local_x () { echo "$x" } -# This test is an experiment to check whether any Git users are using -# Shells that don't support the "local" keyword. "local" is not +# Check whether the shell supports the "local" keyword. "local" is not # POSIX-standard, but it is very widely supported by POSIX-compliant -# shells, and if it doesn't cause problems for people, we would like -# to be able to use it in Git code. +# shells, and we rely on it within Git's test framework. # -# For now, this is the only test that requires "local". If your shell -# fails this test, you can ignore the failure, but please report the -# problem to the Git mailing list <git@vger.kernel.org>, as it might -# convince us to continue avoiding the use of "local". +# If your shell fails this test, the results of other tests may be +# unreliable. You may wish to report the problem to the Git mailing +# list <git@vger.kernel.org>, as it could cause us to reconsider +# relying on "local". test_expect_success 'verify that the running shell supports "local"' ' x="notlocal" && echo "local" >expected1 && |